Ages: 14+ Once she was Eon, a girl disguised as a boy, risking her life for the. The only issue is that she cannot control her power. Luckily, people have accepted this, and she has become a Dragoneye. Eon has come out as 'Eona' and admitted she was a girl all along.

Ryko, Lady Dela, Yuso, Rilla, Chart, Heuris Brannon, Dolana, Lillia, Kygo, Dillon, Lord Ido, Master Tozay, Lord Tyron, Solly, and Vida. The sequel to the fabulous Two Pearls of Wisdom, also published as Eon. Eona: The Last Dragoneye is the second book of the Eon series by Alison Goodman. She is about average height and is told the color dark blue brings out the blue in her eyes and the red in her lips. She has blue eyes, red lips and pale skin. When people saw her, they often made the 'ward-evil' sign with their hands, for cripples were believed to carry bad fortune.Įona has long black hair and is described as slim-hipped and small breasted. She was always looked down upon as a cripple by most people she came across, even strangers. For 4 years she trained with Swordmaster Ranne and Swordmaster Jin-Pa. Before she started Dragoneye candidate training, Heuris Brannon had her hip crippled to hide her girlish grace and make her untouchable. Because she could see the dragons, he trained her to become Eon, the boy disguise so she could become a Dragoneye candidate. She labored there for two years before Heuris Brannon came and took her into his protection. She was sold because her stepfather said there was no use of another man's child when they had another man's son. Shortlisted – 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2008 Western Australian Premier’s Literary Awards.When Eona was six, she was sold into bond service at a salt farm.Winner – 2008 Aurealis Award, Best Fantasy Novel.The duology is a thrilling, timeless story of deadly politics, sexual intrigue and dazzling swordplay set in a brilliantly envisioned world.Įon (aka The Two Pearls of Wisdom) and Eona (aka The Necklace of the Gods) are published in 18 countries including HarperCollins in Australia, Penguin in the USA, and Transworld and David Fickling Books in the UK. In this new, treacherous world of hidden identities and uneasy alliances, Eon comes face-to-face with a vicious enemy who covets the young Dragoneye’s astounding power, and will stop at nothing to make it his own.Įon and Eona are a New York Times bestselling duology based on the ancient lores of Chinese astrology and Feng Shui. Under the harsh regime of an ambitious master, Eon is training to become a Dragoneye – a powerful Lord able to command wind and water to protect the land. But Eon also harbours a desperate secret – he is in fact a young woman living a dangerous masquerade that, if discovered, will mean certain death.īrought to the attention of the Emperor himself and summoned to the opulent court, Eon is thrust into the heart of a lethal struggle for the Imperial throne.

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