She is the key to everything, but only if she can figure out what's going on before anyone else, and only if she's willing to transcend the person she's been all her life. Lovisa Cavenda is the teenage daughter of a powerful Scholar and Industrialist (the opposing governing parties) with a fire inside her that is always hungry, always just nearly about to make something happen. Giddon believes she has drowned, leaving him and Hava to solve the mystery of what's wrong in Winterkeep. Winterkeep is a land of miracles, a democratic republic run by people who like each other, where people speak to telepathic sea creatures, adopt telepathic foxes as pets, and fly across the sky in ships attached to balloons.

But when Bitterblue's envoys to Winterkeep drown under suspicious circumstances, she and Giddon and her half-sister, Hava, set off to discover the truth-putting both Bitterblue's life and Giddon's heart to the test when Bitterblue is kidnapped. A new land has been discovered to the east. Ī new land has been discovered to the east. But when Bitterblue's envoys to Winterkeep drown under suspicious circumstances, she and Giddon and her half-sister, Hava, set off to discover the truth-putting both Bitterblue's life and Giddon's heart to the test when Bitterblue is kidnapped. A breathtaking, marvelous Graceling Realm book from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Cashore. Winterkeep is a land of miracles, a democratic republic run by people who like each other, where people speak to telepathic sea creatures, adopt telepathic foxes as pets, and fly across the sky in ships attached to balloons. Enter the Graceling Realm with the beloved story that started this thrilling fantasy adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Cashore. A new land has been discovered to the east.

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore