01457cam a2200313 4500 555308523 TxAuBib 20220502120000.0 220517s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781984848727 HRD 17.99 1984848720 HRD 17.99 TxAuBib Forna, Namina. The merciless ones / Namina Forna. First edition. New York : Delacorte Press, [2022] 453 pages ; 22 cm. gilded ones, The ; 2 "It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is...but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera--a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera...or if she might be its greatest threat" --Provided by publisher. Grade 7-9. Age 12-14. 20220531. lac. Teenage girls Fiction. Women soldiers Fiction. Imaginary wars and battles Fiction. Secrets Fiction. The gilded ones ; 2.