The Sign
A Novel
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The Sign is a fantastical story of a world with no visible borderline between good and evil.
In a world where magic is common, people's destinies are something they can only follow, with no chance of changing them. However, one girl decides that her life is not something others should own. Medani, a young ward of a royal family, runs away from her escort only to meet a half-demon boy named Siris. Together with a shape shifter and a poor pilferer, the outcast princess faces many obstacles in order to finally regain freedom. Along the way, she decides to trust even non-human comrades. However, what she doesn't know is that all the secrets those strange creatures keep will bring a chain of terrific events that endanger not only the life of the girl but throw the whole world into chaos.
Logical to its core, The Sign explores the logic that holds everything in place. Everything that seems off and every event that seems too convenient takes on a different meaning as readers look a little deeper. Through the characters' journeys, The Truth is eventually uncovered. But, it's hard to say whether that Truth is better than the Lies that keep this world together…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Yun's otherwise pleasant tale of a princess befriending a half-demon as they struggle to stop a monster onslaught is unfortunately damaged by poor editing. Princess Medani, fleeing a loveless arranged marriage, is saved from a monster attack by the young half-demon Siris and his magical companion, Nytrio, a magical being with a feline body and butterfly wings. When Medani joins them for protection, she becomes part of their quest to stop a horde of monsters killing everyone in their path; the beasts seem to be heading for a specific destination. Medani, Siris, and Nytrio are all charming in their particular fashions, and the story elements associated with an ignorant but good-hearted royal joining with outcasts, though predictable, will be as cozily familiar as an old cloak for fantasy readers. But much of the book, particularly the first half, is riddled with jarring grammatical mistakes ("wounded up"), badly misused words (a forest "clearance" rather than a clearing), and places where words are plainly missing. Distracting errors aside, this series opener will appeal to diehard fans of odd-couple stories.
