01919cam a2200337 i 4500 431425062 TxGeo 20200731120000.0 150611s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015019187 9780765380739 trade pbk. 0765380730 trade pbk. TxGeo rda Dickinson, Seth. The traitor Baru Cormorant / Seth Dickinson. First edition. New York, NY : TOR, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2015. 399 pages : map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier masquerade, The ; 1 "Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people--even her soul. When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, overwrites her culture, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her fathers, Baru vows to swallow her hate, join the Empire's civil service, and claw her way high enough to set her people free. Sent as an Imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn, another conquered country, Baru discovers it's on the brink of rebellion. Drawn by the intriguing duchess Tain Hu into a circle of seditious dukes, Baru may be able to use her position to help. As she pursues a precarious balance between the rebels and a shadowy cabal within the Empire, she orchestrates a do-or-die gambit with freedom as the prize. But the cost of winning the long game of saving her people may be far greater than Baru imagines"-- Provided by publisher. 20200818. Imaginary wars and battles Fiction. Imaginary places Fiction. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. The masquerade ; 1. QS5