![]() It can also be a dangerous, treacherous place…especially if you’ve been cursed by the Night Witch, like Tor and his friends have been. I’d like to thank Sourcebooks Young Readers for providing a copy via NetGalley in exchange for review consideration.Įmblem Island is an incredible place full of magic, color, and adventure. With only his village’s terrifying, ancient stories as a guide, and his two friends Engle and Melda by his side, Tor must travel across unpredictable Emblem Island, filled with wicked creatures he only knows through myths, in a race against his dwindling lifeline. There is only one way to break the curse, and it requires a trip to the notorious Night Witch. The next morning Tor wakes up to discover a new marking on his skin…the symbol of a curse that has shortened his lifeline, giving him only a week before an untimely death. So, on the annual New Year’s Eve celebration, where Emblemites throw their wishes into a bonfire in the hopes of having them granted, Tor wishes for a different power. But he hates his mark and is determined to choose a different path for himself. Twelve-year-old Tor Luna was born with a leadership emblem, just like his mother. Their lifelines show the course of their life and an emblem dictates how they will spend it. ![]() On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate. ![]()
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