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It could be Jewel, because Rodda knows we would trust someone who reminds us of Lindal. But personally, I don't think it's any of the finalists. Someone I know said it could likely be Mab. She is old and proud, and what if she doesn't want to give up her position as Trader Rosalyn? She could be using the Rosalyn Trust Competition as a guise under which to find the Hungry Isle and the Staff of Tier and gain eternal life. Judging by the title of the fourth book, Britta will end up on the Isle of Tier and face her father in the end. Could Mab know Britta's parentage and be using her to get the Staff?

But if there's one thing I know about Rodda's books, its that every series has a twist you never saw coming, even if you figured out some of the other twists. I hope The Towers of Illica has some answers, but I also hope it leaves us with even more questions to be resolved in The Hungry Isle.