Marta, the universally acknowledged champion of the Sisterhood of the Shindaheen, who live in time folds, not geographies, is assigned the task of mentoring a twelve year old "phenom," who is as gifted and, unfortunately, as hot-tempered as Marta was years ago.
Marta's twelve year old charge, Vilia, is prematurely thrust into adult conflicts such as intercontinental war and..."herself." Her journey from a hotheaded teenage "wunderkind," and working the steel out with her great mentor, to becoming the most admired figure in the central worlds is a long and perilous one, as all mother/daughter relationships can be, from time to time.
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Vilia set the shindies in motion, and stood her ground, confident that even a master swordsman could not penetrate the storm of blades she had configured in such a unique way. "No use, little girl," he sneered. "Who do you think trained me?" As he took a moment to study her rhythm, though, he heard the unsheathing of four more weapons, all the same as the last. "We did," a woman's voice answered..."and there are no little girls here...put up your blades and retire."
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from Peter's Prophecy - "She is the tigress in your dark, and the phantom at your vision's edge. All Carpailti seeks her, but on great Jenkaat is she to be found."
Professional Reviews
National Library of the Centralist Worlds
If this...author...believes that we are going to subject our children to red capes, ten-bladed swords and secretive sisterhoods, he had best think again. Nothying this stimulating and thought-provoking will ever find its way onto our shelves!"
The West Karapinian Book Club
We never realized what a great gaggle of nitwits we truly were, until we read Skipworth's epic work. Such a revelation has been life-altering.
The Carpailtin Times
The art of imagination has been brought to a new low through the emergence of this sinister and morally bankrupt author. It is our hope that Skipworth will go back to Beethoven and leave us all alone.
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