A Throne of SwansWhen her father dies just before her birthday, seventeen year old Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingdom where nobles are able to transform at will into the bird that represents their family bloodline. Aderyn's ancestral bird is a swan. But she has not transformed for years, not since witnessing the death of her mother ripped apart by hawks that have supposedly been extinct since the long ago War of the Raptors. With