意外擁有的魔力究竟是上天賜予的祝福？還是魔鬼惡意的戲弄？
17歲的花樣少女Mare Barrow生活在一個實行血統階級制度的世界，像她一樣流著紅色血液的平凡人必須臣服於擁有超能力的銀血貴族。原本在窮鄉僻壤偷竊維生的Mare，從沒想過命途會毫無預警地轉了個大彎，在銀血法庭上，在國王、王子與貴族的面前，她突然發現不知何時開始，自己也被賦予魔法的神奇力量！
眾人百思不得其解，國王為了掩飾這樁意外，公開宣佈Mare是銀血階級流落在外的公主，並將她許配給自己的兒子，方便監視管控。搬進城堡並獲得新身份的Mare越接近銀血權力中心，越明白自身處境險峻。儘管如此，她仍運用資源暗中接濟日益壯大的紅血反抗軍，完全不顧一有差池即會粉身碎骨的危險。在這場血統戰爭中，她注定了只能成為反叛者……。（文／博客來編譯）
Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.
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