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.
With her last breath she manages to send her daught.
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