false 44875383 437476 60510 0778324338 9780778324331 791 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170542921m/60510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170542921s/60510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60510.Poison_Study 4.20 3547 About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear.]]> 445303 4.05 12015 2368 2004 5 2 false Fri Jan 30 12:28:18 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 12:29:46 -0800 2009
After committing murder, Yelena is given the choice of death by execution or a life of constant risk as the Commander's food taster.

Yelena decides to choose the risky life, because at least s...more...]]>