num_pages: 700
description: Terre d'Ange is a land of unsurpassed beauty and grace. They say that the angels discovered the land and saw it was good, and the race that ensued from the union of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman specially trained in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but also the ability to observe, remember and analyse. She once gave up everything she held dear to save her homeland, and survived - but the gods are not yet done with their charge. For while the young queen who sits upon the throne is well loved by her people, there are some who believe that another head should wear the crown. And those who escaped retribution previously are not yet finished with their schemes for power and revenge. So, to protect and serve the realm, Phèdre must once again leave her beloved homeland.Moving from the sun-drenched hills of La Serenissima to the wilds of old Hellas, from a prison designed to drive even the gods mad to an island of immutable joy, Phèdre will meet old friends and new enemies. And she will uncover a plot so dreadful as to make the earth tremble - masterminded by the one person she cannot turn away from.
language: English
title: Kushiel's Chosen
titlecomplete: Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
characters: Phèdre nó Delaunay, Joscelin Verreuil, Melisande Shahrizai, Ysandre de la Courcel, Hyacinthe (Jacqueline Carey)
genres: Fiction, Fantasy Romance, Erotica, Romance, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Alternate History, Fantasy
ratings_count: 39396
series: Kushiel's Universe, Kushiel's Legacy, Phèdre's Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel
publisher: Tor