num_pages: 355
description: Winning what you want may cost you everything you love... As a generals 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. Arins eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct Kestrel buys himwith unexpected consequences. Its 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 Winners 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.
language: English
title: The Winner's Curse
publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux