she ends up being Lady Saren's maid and promises her loyalty to her before she finds out that Lady Saren is going to be locked up in a tower for seven years because she refused to marry Lord Khasar, the man her father wanted her to marry. Dashti and Lady Saren live in the dark tower for only three years before Dashti finds a way out of the tower. Lady Saren and Dashti make it to the city and find work in Khan Tegus's house and work through the winter then all of a sudden Lady Saren tells Dashti to go and tell Saren's love that Dashti is her. She goes and tells Khan Tegus that she is Lady Saren and almost gets executed for it but Lady Saren and Khan Tegus work together to make sure that Dashti is not put to death. In the end Dashti who began as a mucker maid ends up marrying a khan which is like a king. They live happily ever after.
I thought this book had a very strong theme of loyalty. I thought loyalty was the theme because in the book both Lady Saren and Dashti show true loyalty. Dashti shows loyalty by staying with Lady Saren through all the tough times and doing many things for the good of Lady Saren. Lady Saren shows loyalty because at the end of the story she stood up for Dashti and ended up persuading the court to let Dashti live. That is why I thought that the theme was loyalty.
I liked this book. I would recommend this book to readers that like learning about other cultures and like fairy tales. I would recommend this to them because in this book there are many different cultures from Shamen to Muckers to city folk. Everyone in the book really believe in ancestors and gods and goddesses. This story is also a fairy tale. Those are the people I would recommend this book to.
