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Shadows
Shadows (The Masks of Aygrima)
Shadows
Second novel in EC Blake's dystopian fantasy Masks of Aygrima seriesIn Masks, Mara Holdfast's life changed forever. As the daughter of the Autarch’s Master Maskmaker, she had a clearly defined future: a quiet, ordered life in the capital, making Masks with her father and doing work important to the ruling Autarch. But when her Mask, specially made by her own father, cracked and fell to pieces during her Masking ceremony, Mara was exiled from everything she once knew. Now she has become part of an underground rebellion, rejecting the unjust rules of a Masked society. She must try to understand her unprecedented ability to use all types of magic—and to tear magic from the living bodies of those around her. But Mara has yet to discover just how horrifying her power can be….

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Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Series

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Shadows, by E. C. Blake, is a story about a teenage girl named Mara Holdfast. Mara is the daughter of the master maskmaker in Temita, of the country Aygrima. In Aygrima, all people over 15 must wear masks. These masks draw the people’s magic for the Autarch’s own gain. The masks also tell the Autarch if anyone had betrayed him.

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