Two daughters of an enslaved Bamarre couple are taken by the wife of Lakti ruler. The youngest, still a baby, is raised as the woman's daughter while the other acts as her handmaiden. The youngest, Peregrine, is trained to be a warrior and is her Lakti father's pride and joy. When she discovers that she was born as a Bamarre, and with promptings by a good fairy, she starts on a quest to free her oppressed people. This is an interesting mix of the stories of Moses and Rapunzel. It is classic Levine, with a strong female lead who can kill griffins with the best of them. There isn't a lot of connection to the earlier book, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, except the setting and the presence of two magical artifacts in both stories. This is technically a prequel, but you can read the books in any order(2017, 385 p.)
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