Song Quest by Katherine Roberts (Paperback) Book New

Imagine a song with the power to heal or kill. Imagine being taught to sing such songs.\nEnter the Echorium, where the forces of good and evil are held in harmony by blue-haired Singers whose voices are their only weapons.\n\nOn the Isle of Echoes, three young Singers are being taught to heal the sick and keep the peace in their world using five Songs of Power \u2013 Challa for healing, Kashe for laughter, Shi for pain, Aushan for punishment, and Yehn for death. When their lessons are interrupted by a Mainlander ship breaking up on the reef in an unnatural storm, talented novice Rialle, her best friend Frenn, and class rebel Kherron find themselves part of a dangerous quest to discover who is hunting the merlee half-creatures that protect the waters around the Isle.\n\nSoon the Singer party is buried deep under the mountains of the Karch, and Rialle is imprisoned in a cage by the evil Khizpriest who plans to use her voice against the Echorium. In a land where swords are more powerful.