The Kestrel

lloyd alexander

Theo is traveling through Westmark, learning about the country of which he will soon be Prince Consort. He is not surprised to find great poverty-Mickle (now known as Princess Augusta) could have told him that from her years on the street. His friend Florian could have told him about the aristocracy's graft and corruption. But neither could have foreseen a loaded pistol in the practiced hand of the assassin Skeit. The echoes of that shot ring from the muskets and cannons of a Westmark suddenly at war-a war that turns simple, honest men into cold-blooded killers, Mickle into a military commander, and Theo himself into a stranger...

With war in Westmark and the assumption of the throne by Mickle, all Theo's talents are needed, as well as those of his former companions.

Genres fantasyyoung adultfictionadventurechildrensmiddle gradescience fiction fantasyhigh fantasyhistorical fictionwar

244 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 15,1982

Series

Westmark

Literary awards

vermont golden dome book award, national book award finalist,

This edition

Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: June 10, 2002 by Firebird Books
ISBN: 9780141310695
ASIN: 0141310693
Language: English

About the author

lloyd alexander

Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain. The concluding book of the series, The High King, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969. Alexander's other books have also won the National Book Award and the American Book Award. He was also one of the creators of Cricket Magazine.