Nahoko Uehashi\'s The Beast Player is an epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.
Can she save herself and prevent her beloved beasts from being used as tools of war? Or is there no way of escaping the terrible battles to come?.
This skill gives her great powers, but it also involves her in deadly plots that could cost her life.
Alone, far from home, Elin soon discovers that she can talk to both the terrifying water serpents and the majestic flying beasts that guard her queen.
With her last breath she manages to send her daughter to safety.
So when some of the beasts mysteriously die, Elin\'s mother is sentenced to death as punishment.
Elin\'s family has an important responsibility: caring for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom\'s army.
Nahoko Uehashi\'s The Beast Player is an epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save