Alex Myers
The Symmetry of Stars
The Symmetry of Stars
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In "The Bet," two gods wager on which set of twins will prevail in a contest to determine which immortal will rule the world. One set of twins is raised with love and care, while the other is raised with danger, magic, and wildness. Which twins will prevail?
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 21 July 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
From the acclaimed author of 2020's astonishing The Story of Silence comes another retelling of a chivalric legend, brimming with magic, myth, and self-discovery. "Utterly enchanting," Publishers Weekly exclaimed. Beyond the stars, two gods vie for the rule of the world. One stands for Nature, the belief that everything is stamped in flesh from the start. The other, Nurture, the belief that all is potential, that the true self is coaxed out through love and living. And so, they take a bet. Each immortal selects a set of twins as their champions. The twins that prevail in the contest will decide which immortal rules the world. In a westerly valley, a girl and boy are born to a noble family, to be raised by a mysterious teacher—ready to love and instruct them in everything, regardless of societal expectations. To the east, a woman washes ashore on an island inhabited only by a sorcerer. With her final breaths, she gives birth to twins. These two are raised with careful neglect by the sorcerer—surrounded not with love but with danger, magic, and wildness. Society expects these children to become men and women. But the immortals care nothing for human norms and raise the twins according to their own ends. Which twins will prevail? What truly matters in determining who a person will become? Taking the epic Italian legend of Orlando Furioso as his starting point, Alex Myers unravels a tale of fate, of East and West, of twinship and of heroic self-affirmation; once more translating a classic into a multilayered new story sure to delight fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale.
Weight: 198g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008352776
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