Half the World by Joe Abercrombie Ganz Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination

Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination of magic

and emphasize a deep personal connection between the watcher and the watched

and the Soviet Union

and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives

Now I'm here

Half the World by Joe Abercrombie Ganz Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combinationSometimes a girl is touched by Mother War. Thorn is such a girl. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill. Sometimes a woman becomes a warrior. She finds herself caught up in the schemes of Father Yarvi, Gettland's deeply cunning minister. Crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit.