num_pages: 437
description: Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the emperors royal explorers the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world if only someone would give her a chance.But everything changes when the mysterious and eccentric River Shara the greatest explorer ever known arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzinnot her older sister Lusha as everyone had expectedfor his next expedition. This is Kamzins chance to prove herselfeven though Rivers mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor means climbing Raksha the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas. Then Lusha sets off on her own mission to Raksha with a rival explorer and Kamzin must decide whats most important to her: protecting her sister from the countless perils of the climb or beating her to the summit.The challenges of climbing Raksha are unlike anything Kamzin expectedor prepared forwith avalanches ice chasms ghosts and other dangers at every turn. And as dark secrets are revealed Kamzin must unravel the truth about their mission and her companionswhile surviving the deadliest climb she has ever faced.
language: English
title: Even the Darkest Stars
publisher: Balzer + Bray