The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
*line for Arin starts behind me*
*line for Arin starts behind me*
As
a general's daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves
those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can
join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One
day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for
auction. Arin's eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her
instinct, Kestrel buys him with unexpected consequences. It's not long
before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a
secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow
human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set
in a richly imagined new world, The Winner's Curse is a story of deadly
games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will
keep your head or lose your heart.
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Author Information
Rutkoski grew up in Bolingbrook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), as the oldest of four children. She attended the University of Iowa, where she took Writers’ Workshop classes and studied with Pulitzer Prize-winner James Alant McPherson. After graduating, she lived in Moscow and Prague. Upon receiving her Ph.D. from Harvard University, she held dual appointments as a lecturer there in both English and American Literature and Language, and History and Literature.
Rutkoski is currently a professor at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Renaissance Drama, children’s literature and creative writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and cat.
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