Andre Norton 
Mirror of Destiny [EPUB ebook] 

A teenage orphan girl must mend a magical conflict in this ‘;superb adventure story’ from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Hands of Lyr (Science Fiction Chronicle). The kings lottery has determined that Twilla, a young orphaned apprentice of a renowned wise woman, must marryfor only the wedded can survive the terrible fate awaiting those who penetrate the primeval forest. Altered by a talisman of great power, she escapes her unwanted lot and joinsa commanders tragically blinded son on a remarkable journey from peril to peril. For they are the chosen who must rescue the vanquished of an ancient war of magic’s . . . and shape the destiny of a bloody, disputed land.