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The Winter Boy

Sally Wiener Grotta

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The Winter Boy was a nominee for the prestigious Locus Award and a Bookwatch Reviewers' Choice. The Valley of the Alleshi is the center of all civilization, the core and foundation of centuries of peace. A cloistered society of widows, the Alleshi, has forged peace by mentoring young men who will one day become the leaders of the land. Each boy is paired with a single Allesha for a season of intimacy and learning, using time-honored methods that include storytelling, reason and sex. However, unknown to all but a hidden few, the peace is fracturing from pressures within and beyond, hacking at the very essence of their civilization. Amidst this gathering political maelstrom, Rishana, a young new idealistic Allesha, takes her First Boy, Ryl, for a winter season of training. But Ryl is a "problem boy," who fights Rishana every step of the way. At the same time, Rishana uncovers a web of conspiracies that could not only destroy Ryl, but threaten to tear their entire society apart. And a winter that should have been a gentle, quiet season becomes one of conflict, anger and danger.

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Publisher
Pixel Hall Press
Year
2014
ISBN-13
9780988387195
Genre
FantasyFiction
Topics
Coming of agePolitical intrigue and conspiracyMentorship and intimacy

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