Crown Duel

Sherwood smith's most popular young adult fantasy begins with meliara and her brother vowing to free remalna from an evil king. war is tougher than it seemed. when meliara is caught by the enemy commander, the elegant marquis of shevraeth, it's escape or die.afterward, meliara faces a tougher challenge: the battlefield is no longer mud and steel, but palaces, the weapons manners and fans. toughest of all is courtship, when the one who catches her heart is her personal enemy</br>the new king. this beloved romantic fantasy has been in continuous print for over twenty years. the definitive edition is corrected, with additional material in six much-requested inserts from the hero's point of view. review fantasy fans will cheer this latest romp . . . smith's lush descriptions evoke a fantastic yet credible world, where magic spells and enchanted stones are everyday facts of life. kirkus"fantasy for people who don't like fantasy" voyathe rollicking plot and prickly meliara's adventures as she stumbles into the clutches of king galdran and the distant and unfathomable marquis of shevraeth create a fantasy world fit for the most discriminating medieval partisan. publishers weekly