num_pages: 351
description: A kingdom burns. A princess sleeps. This is no fairy tale.It all started with the burning of the spindles.No.It all started with a curseHalf sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the kings headstrong illegitimate daughter whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora beautiful and sheltered was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences the sisters have always been extremely close.And then everything changes with a single drop of Auroras bloodand a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escapeor the reason for her to stay.
language: English
title: Spindle Fire
publisher: HarperCollins