Books like The Gates of Sleep by Mercedes Lackey
Set in an evocative Edwardian world, Mercedes Lackey turns the classic Sleeping Beauty tale into a dark fantasy. Marina is the cherished daughter of the affluent Roeswood family, renowned practitioners of elemental magic. An ominous prophecy warns that she will be slain before turning eighteen, and the threat comes from within her own family—her aunt. With intrigue, magic, and the weight of destiny, the story follows Marina’s struggle to survive the peril foretold by the prophecy.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: Mercedes Lackey
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