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Imriel de la Courcel's blood parents are history's most reviled traitors, while his adoptive parents, Phèdre and Joscelin, are Terre d'Ange's greatest champions. Stolen, tortured, and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood, third in line for the throne in a land that... read more

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"By the time I was eighteen years of age- almost nineteen- I'd been many things."

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This is book 5 of 9 in Kushiel's Legacy. (standard series)

Preceded by Kushiel's Scion, and followed by Kushiel's Mercy.

This book is in Big Fat Books. (community list)

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  1. Jacqueline Carey (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Warner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0446500038
Page Count: 720

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Reading Level: Adults

This novel portrays sex, sado-masochistic sex, homosexuality, and prostitution as sacred to its particular gods. Anyone who is made uneasy by these subjects should avoid this series.


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