Between Two Kingdoms

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In this work of allegorical fantasy, author Boyd takes readers on a pilgrimage to a land of two kingdoms, but only one true King. An ancient land, where children never grow old. But also a dying land, where a false prince threatens to swallow everything in a dark shadow.

"A study of Princess Dara Rasami, one of 153 royal consorts to the king of Thailand, that reveals the central roles played by women in the political dynamics of both the nascent Thai nation and Southeast Asia, shedding light on ethnic difference and gender relations in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Thailand"--

Young woman discovers allegorical characters in the forest who lead her in different directions before she finds out she needs to find her own path.

Young poet Jonas leaves his homeland on an unsanctioned "Poet's Quest" and runs into more than he had bargained for, in lands across the sea, discovering himself suddenly in the middle of something very big.