The Chosen Society's Wealth In The Seventh Tower

“One war was ended… and another silently began.” The novel, “The Seventh Tower” by Garth Nix, is a fantasy tale of two children from very different worlds, socially and geographically, who are forced by fate to work together towards a common goals. The world has been shrouded by a magical veil that blocks out the sun, and thus the only source of the natural light comes from objects that are grown above the Veil known as sunstones. These stones range in size and power and are grown at the top of the seven lofty towers- one tower for each color in the spectrum of light- and determine a person’s wealth in the Chosen society of the castle. The Chosen society relies heavily on rank; as you complete good deeds and achieve astounding feats that display
Trailing their main food source, hundreds of various Icecarl clans travel icy migratory feeding paths. Icecarl society varies greatly from that of the Chosen. The Icecarls are a hard, cold people of duty, honor, and sacrifice. Guided by cloudy-eyed crones that are all linked with magical foresight, and led by elite female warriors known as Shield Maidens, the Icecarls have found every imaginable way to increase their productivity and fortitude. From being trained to subconsciously count every breath they intake, to lighting their ships with bugs and sea creatures, these peoples are incredibly resourceful and meticulous. Tal, a young Chosen boy of the Orange rank, must fulfill his promise to the Icecarls and help them retrieve a sunstone, whilst obtaining one of his own in order to save his deathly sick mother and missing father and brother. Milla, a young girl with hopes of becoming a shield maiden, must journey with Tal as her guide to find a sunstone to light her clan’s path as they trek over the sleek and treacherous ice. The two find themselves sharing their blood in a centuries-old binding ritual, and suddenly their fates are forever-more