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  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2012)
  • West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2009)
  • Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2009)
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ISBN: 9780375814686
Authors: Tamora Pierce
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2006-10-24
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Young Adult, Fantasy
Related Topics: Mystery, Teen, High Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 4.15
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Hundreds of years before Alanna first drew her sword in Tamora Pierce's memorable debut, Alanna: The First Adventure, Tortall had a heroine named Beka Cooper - a fierce young woman who fights crime in a world of magic. This is the beginning of her story, her legend, and her legacy....Beka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost's Guard, commonly known as "the Provost's Dogs," in Corus, the capital city of Tortall. To the surprise of both the veteran "Dogs" and her fellow "puppies," Beka requests duty in the Lower City. The Lower City is a tough beat. But it's also where Beka was born, and she's comfortable there.Beka gets her wish. She's assigned to work with Mattes and Clary, famed veterans among the Provost's Dogs. They're tough, they're capable, and they're none too happy about the indignity of being saddled with a puppy for the first time in years. What they don't know is that Beka has something unique to offer. Never much of a talker, Beka is a good listener. So good, in fact, that she hears things that Mattes and Clary never could - information that is passed in murmurs when flocks of pigeons gather ... murmurs that are the words of the dead.In this way, Beka learns of someone in the Lower City who has overturned the power structure of the underworld and is terrorizing its citizens into submission and silence. Beka's magical listening talent is the only way for the Provost's Dogs to find out the identity of this brutal new underlord, for the dead are beyond fear. And the ranks of the dead will be growing if the Dogs can't stop a crime wave the likes of which has never been seen. Luckily for the people of the Lower City, the new puppy is a true terrier!
 

  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2012)
  • West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2009)
  • Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.