She's also betrothed to a prince, but not the older one she knows and likes. To cover up the existence of Red with "Silver" skills, the King forces her to pretend she's a long-lost Silver brought up by Reds. During the competitive display of rich girls' powers, Mare discovers that she possesses supernatural powers unheard of in a Red. The next day, Mare is mysteriously hired as a royal servant to the Silvers, who've gathered at a palace festival to determine which aristocratic girl will be betrothed to the two eligible princes - one of whom is the mysterious stranger Mare met the previous night. The night her plan goes awry, she meets a handsome young man who catches her stealing and questions her about her life. When her best friend Kilorn loses his apprenticeship and faces conscription, Mare attempts a plan that fails spectacularly. When she turns 18, her only option as a Red will be to join an army at war. She faces a grim future without an apprenticeship or a career. In Victoria Aveyard's debut fantasy novel RED QUEEN, Mare is a 17-year-old pickpocket in a world where caste is determined by blood color she and other commoners are Reds, and the ruling class are Silvers (who literally bleed silver).
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