Imperial princess Hezhi is in the midst of a search for her missing friend when she learns she has magic growing within her and is fated by the Changeling--river god of the city of Nhol--to turn into a hideous monster. What Hezhi really wants is a hero, and Perkar, a young man sworn to destroy the Changeling, is just the one she needs.
year: 1996
call number/section: 1000
subjects: princesses, fiction, heroes, heroes and heroines, fantasy fiction