TY - SOUND AU - Perry,Devney AU - Brentmoor,Samantha TI - Shield of sparrows T2 - Shield of Sparrows, SN - 9781649378514 AV - PS3616 .E794 S48 2025 PY - 2025/// CY - Old Saybrook PB - Tantor Media KW - Fantasy KW - OverDrive KW - Romance KW - Fiction KW - Print books KW - local N1 - Unabridged; Access limited to UNC Chapel Hill-authenticated users; Narrator: Samantha Brentmoor N2 - The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel. I've spent my life kneeling--to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king. I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood. But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father's throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life. Now I'm crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him--bound to a future I didn't choose and a husband I barely know. Everyone wants me to be something I'm not--a queen, a spy, a sacrifice. But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there's power in being underestimated? And what if--for the first time--I reached for it? ER -