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What happens when the very gods depend on mortals for help? That's what three very different young women find out when they are invited to Warrior's Peak.
Light and Knowledge have succeeded in their quest, and two of the keys have been found. The final, and last, test goes to Zoe McCourt... read more
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This book concludes Roberts's Key Trilogy, in which mortal women quest to unlock the spellbound souls of ancient demigoddesses. The third and last woman to make the attempt is hairstylist Zoe McCourt.
Like her friends Malory and Dana-heroines of the previous installments - Zoe has a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Zoe McCourt: She is a single mom, a hair stylist, friend to Malory and Dana and the last to face the challenge to find the key. She looks like Kyna, one of the Daughters of Glass.
- Bradley Charles Vane IV: (aka Brad) Heir to his family's lumber empire. He is best friends with Jordan and Flynn and is pursuing Zoe.
- Malory Price: Flynn's fiancee and best friend and business partner to Dana and Zoe. She looks like Venora, one of the Daughters of Glass.
- Michael (Flynn) Hennessy: Stepbrother of Dana Steele and best friend of Bradley and Jordan. Publisher of the Valley Dispatch and Malory's fiancé.
- Dana Steele: Stepsister to Flynn, best friend and business partner to Malory and Zoe, engaged to Jordan. She looks like Niniane, one of the Daughters of Glass.
- Jordan Hawke: Renowned writer, best friend of Flynn and Brad, and Dana's fiancé.
- Simon McCourt: Zoe's son from a past relationship when she was a teenager.
- Rowena O'Meara: Mate of Pitte, resides at Warrior's Peak and is the keeper of the keys.
- Liam Pitte: Mate to Rowena and an honorable warrior of the gods.
- Kane: Sorcerer, stealer of souls.
- Moe: Flynn's dog
- James Marshall: Simon's father.
- Mrs. Hanson: Zoe's neighbor who sometimes babysits for Simon
- John Hanson: Mrs. Hanson's husband.
- Crystal McCourt: Zoe's mother.
- Bobby Lee McCourt: Zoe's father.
- Bradley Charles Vane III: Brad's father. Aka B. C.
- Bigaloe: Brad's chauffeur.
- Junior McCourt: Zoe's brother.
- Joleen McCourt: Zoe's sister.
- Mazie McCourt: Zoe's sister.
- Dina: Brad's secretary.
- Chuck Barrister: Simon's best friend.
Quotes edit
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“Mother," she said gently, touching a hand to Zoe's cheek, "I would not ask you to risk your child, not even for the daughters of a god.”
Rowena to Zoe
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“Each time the path forks, it is faith that chooses the way or doubt that blocks it.
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sometimes doing what makes you happy is harder and scarier than doing what’s safe.”
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“Fear hunts, and its arrow strikes heart, mind, belly. Without tending, wounds fester, and scars too long ignored harden into shields that block the eyes from what needs most to be seen.
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“We’re all of us magic people, but some know it and some don’t.”
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“Some people make a good life here,” she said quietly. “They plant little container gardens and have picnics in the summer.” “And some people live in palaces and can’t make a good life. It’s not where, it’s how. And it’s who.”
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I think maybe you can’t see clearly where you’re going next if you don’t see where you’ve been. And why.”
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She doesn’t understand you, so she doesn’t know how to love you.”
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one of the basics of the quests, so far, has been living life the way you really want to live it, taking whatever steps and risks you need to, being willing to sacrifice and work to make it happen.”
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“Do you wear a condom when you have the sex with my mother?” All the blood in Brad’s head drained out of the soles of his feet. “Do what?”
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You can always knock a wall down, and build a nice walk out of it.”
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Setting & Locations edit
- Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania: a small town in western Pennsylvania.
- Warrior's Peak: the house where Rowena and Pitte live.
Organizations edit
- Indulgence: a gallery-cum-salon-cum-bookstore.
First Sentence edit
Zoe McCourt was sixteen when she met the boy who would change her life.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 20
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in Key Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by Key of Knowledge.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nora Roberts (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jove
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 978-0515136531
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Jove
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 978-0515136531
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3568.O243
- Dewey: 813.54
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