The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling

The Bone Doll's Twin : Paperback : Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc : 9780553577235 : 0553577239 : 02 Oct 2001 : The first title in a new fantasy series introduces the kingdom of Skala, where an usurper king claimed his young half-sister's throne. To be born female into the royal line had become a death sentence. But as the king's nephew, his sister's only child, grows into manhood, it is unknown to both that the boy is actually the princess's daughter, given male form by a dark magic to protect her until she can claim her rightful destiny.... Mehr