Alison Goodman Eona
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The Two Pearls of Wisdom
In a world of lies, the truth can be deadly …
Under the harsh regime of an ambitious
master, Eon is training to become a Dragoneye
– a powerful Lord able to command wind and water to protect the land.
But Eon also harbours a desperate secret – he is in fact a young woman
living a dangerous masquerade that, if discovered, will mean certain death.
Brought to the attention of the Emperor himself and summoned to the opulent
court, Eon is thrust into the heart of a lethal struggle for the Imperial
throne. In this new, treacherous world of hidden identities and uneasy
alliances, Eon comes face-to-face with a vicious enemy who covets the young
Dragoneye’s astounding power, and will stop at nothing to make it
his own.
The Two Pearls of Wisdom is based on the ancient lores of Chinese
astrology and Feng Shui. It is a thrilling, timeless novel of deadly politics,
sexual intrigue and dazzling swordplay set in a brilliantly envisioned world
where both appearances and loyalties can prove so very deceptive…
Publisher: Harper Collins Australia |
Also published in the USA as Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, and as
Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye in the UK (Young Adult edition).
Winner - 2008 Aurealis Award, Best Fantasy Novel
Honour Book - 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award
Notable Book - 2009 CBCA Awards
Shortlisted - 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards,
Ethel Turner Prize
Reviews of The Two Pearls of Wisdom
Alison Goodman's The Two Pearls of Wisdom is set in an imaginary empire with strong similarities to ancient China, making a refreshing change from the generic, Eurocentric fantasyland that still tends to dominate the field.This intelligent, vividly written tale grips from the first page.
The Times (UK), October 11 2008
Based on Ancient China and Japan, but brimming with fabulous overtones of Dragon Mythology, with dragon lore that is original and brilliant, giving the reader a new vocabularly to absorb and images to grasp. The background is dazzingly described, the food - edible; the costumes within a finger's grasp; the tension within the palace breathes down the reader's neck...A luminous fantasy novel which lives on.
Fran Knight, Read Plus
Goodman has produced an action-packed, well-plotted and actutely imagined fantasy that draws on the popularity of such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Anyone who enjoys kung-fu movies will devour this book.
The Age, August 9th 2008
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