Winning what you want may cost you
everything you love
As a
general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it
conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military
or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.
One
day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction.
Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct,
Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to
hide her growing love for Arin.
But he,
too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a
fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in
a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of
deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will
keep your head or lose your heart.
