Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott

A girl called Zira is leading a normal ife of a monk qwith her foster mother. She lives in Rua and Rua is invaded by the neighbouring Sedorne. When her mother tells her to accompany her to a nearby village called Mesgao she happily accepts it. Whenever she goes out she always covers her face so that no one can see her face bbecause she has a burn mark on her face which makes her look ugly. There she saves the life of the ruler of Mesgao - Sorion Mesgao. Though, after some time, there is an attack in their holy place and her mother is killed. That time she realizes that she id the daughter of the late ruler of Rua and she is thelone survivor from the fire that killed her family. Her name is Zahira and not Zira. She is half Rua and half Sedorne. She takes them to Mesgao and in the way they loose many lives. In Mesgao Sorion and Zahira marry. During their marriage, Zahira comes to know that Abheron, the enemy king, is her uncle. He comes and gives them their blessings and invites them to his palace. While on their way, some people of their army follow them. When they go there, they know that something is going to happen to them. But, Zahira is surprised that her uncle asks her if he can kill her husband. She, as expected, tells no. Abheron holds a ball in favour of his niece and one of his rulers getting married. There he threatens her to be in favour of killing her husband or one of their followers will die, who had already been tortured badly and killed. That time there is an attack on the ship and Zahira and Mesgao run away with on of their followers. The followers take them to a nearby house in Mesgao. Where they tell their story. That time, the girl's sun comes and tells them that Abheron has taken all the children between two and twelve years. His condition is that Sorion Mesgao and Zahira should come out of hiding beforedawn the next day, failing to do so will lead to the death of the innocent kids. Zahira has a plan and all the people who are able to fight were hiding where Abheron had told them to come. Zahira was in the crowd. When Abheron comes and the first child's head is going to wipped off, she comes forward and chalanges Abheron to the throne. At firsst, it seems that Zahira is winning, but, gradually, Abheron starts winning and is about to kill Zahira when he tells her to come fight him. When Zahira is going to plunge into him, he throws away his sword and takes the blow and dies instantly. Zahira, then, addresses her people telling them that she is the new queen and her husband, the new king. This story is very good for people aged between ten and sixteen. This book shows us that if you do a good deed it pays off. It also shows how to take the situation into hand. I liked reading this book. Hope you like it!