Córdova weaves the story of Orquídea’s childhood with that of her family’s struggle in the present, masterfully synchronizing revelations in both timelines. Once there, they discover they have inherited a deadly legacy of ill-used power and festering secrets.Īcclaimed young adult and romance author Zoraida Córdova’s first adult fantasy novel, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, is strongly influenced by the Latin American literary tradition of magical realism. Her search for luck leads her from her home in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to the small Midwestern town of Four Rivers, where she finally puts down roots and starts a family.ĭecades later, Orquídea’s descendants are summoned home to Four Rivers, to the house and verdant valley she conjured. But unlike most unlucky children, she knows how to bargain, even with creatures of myth and magic, and how to phrase a wish. Through an accident of timing and celestial alignment, Orquídea Montoya was born unlucky.
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