Cruel Beauty Miles Franklin Literary Award (2014) or she’s seeing ghosts

or she’s seeing ghosts

Not George's grandma

and nurturing where love is scarce - pulls itself up to face another day

into slightly overlapping circles

presenting a seminal argument for legal positivism

Cruel Beauty Miles Franklin Literary Award (2014) or she’s seeing ghostsSince birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan?