Liar’s Test

Publisher details

Author
Ambelin Kwaymullina
Publisher
Text Publishing
Genres
Children’s Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Released
04 June, 2024
ISBN
9781922790873

Liar’s Test

Synopsis

Seven will come. Two will die. Two will sleep. Two will serve. One will rule.

I didn’t want to rule the Risen. Wreak a little havoc upon them, though? That was something else entirely.

Bell Silverleaf is a liar.

It’s how she’s survived. It’s how all Treesingers have survived since they were invaded by the Risen and their fickle gods. But now Bell is in the Queen’s Test—she’s one of seven girls competing in deadly challenges to determine who will rule for the next twenty-five years. If Bell wins, she’ll have the power to help her people and take revenge on the Risen. But first she has to make it through the challenges alive.

She doesn’t know how much she’s been lied to, or where she fits in a bigger story, a mystery stretching back generations. And she’s facing much bigger dangers than the Queen’s Test. She’s up against the gods themselves.

Liar’s Test is a fast-paced, intricately woven fantasy novel with an unforgettable heroine inspired by the strength and power of Aboriginal women.

Reviews

A Captivating YA Fantasy Novel: Read an Extract from Liar’s Test by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Review | Extract

4 June 2024

A Captivating YA Fantasy Novel: Read an Extract from Liar’s Test by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Ambelin Kwaymullina
About the author

Ambelin Kwaymullina

Ambelin Kwaymullina loves reading sci-fi and fantasy books, and has wanted to write a novel since she was six years old. She comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. When not writing or reading she works in cultural heritage, illustrates picture books and hangs out with her dogs. She has previously written a number of children's books, both alone and with other members of her family. Her first novel, The Tribe Book 1: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, was short-listed in both the Science Fiction and Young Adult Fiction categories of the 2012 Aurealis Awards.

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