`Hale`s writing is beautiful, with a vivid eye for detail` Daily Telegraph Anidora-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kilindree, spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt`s incredible stories, and learning the language of the birds. Little knowing how valuable her aunt`s strange knowledge would prove to be when she grew older. From the Grimm`s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become a queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original and magical tale of a girl who must understand her own incredible talents before she can overcome those who wish her harm. Shannon Hale has drawn on her incredible gift for storytelling to create a powerful and magical grown-up fairy tale.