Mirror of Destiny, Andre Norton
Mirror of Destiny, Andre Norton
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Mirror of Destiny

Author: Andre Norton

Series: Five Senses

Narrator: Aimee Reid

Unabridged: 13 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/17/2025

Synopsis

A teenage orphan girl must mend a magical conflict in this “superb adventure story” from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hands of Lyr (Science Fiction Chronicle).The king's lottery has determined that Twilla, a young orphaned apprentice of a renowned wise woman, must marry—for only the wedded can survive the terrible fate awaiting those who penetrate the primeval forest. Altered by a talisman of great power, she escapes her unwanted lot and joins a commander's tragically blinded son on a remarkable journey from peril to peril. For they are the chosen who must rescue the vanquished of an ancient war of magic . . . and shape the destiny of a bloody, disputed land.

About Andre Norton

For well over a half century, Andre Norton was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many stand-alone novels, her tales of adventure have drawn countless readers to science fiction. Her fantasy novels, including the bestselling Witch World series, her Magic series, and many other unrelated novels, have been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. An Ohio native, Norton lived for many years in Winter Park, Florida, and died in March 2005 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 30, 2013

Andre Norton’s Mirror of Destiny follows Twilla, the orphaned apprentice of a renowned wisewoman, as she is scooped up by the King’s lottery and sent over the mountains to the west to be forcibly wed to a man she has never met; for only the wedded can safely venture into the primeval forest borderin......more

Goodreads review by E. on June 23, 2018

It makes you wonder what this world will end up like. The further ahead we get, it seems, the further behind we go.......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on December 22, 2018

I'm glad I read it, because I wanted to read some Andre Norton. But not at all one of her best.......more

Goodreads review by Shelli on December 27, 2020

I decided to picked "Mirror of Destiny" past April after I DNF'ed Dragondrum. I thought the book was okay,but I don't like there a lot of woman abuse and sexism in this book. It's mostly focused on saving the environment (oh, okay). It is about a girl who got forced into slavery (that's sexist right......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 01, 2020

She is an apprentice healer taken to be forced to marry a man over the mountain. He is the son of the Lord over the mountain blinded by the demons in the forest. She distorts her appearance hoping to gain her freedom. The second son of the Lord is to be her husband and seeks to destroy her first. She......more

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