Her home, Ansul, has been conquered by the Alds, a desert people from the east, who are now its brutal and superstitious occupiers. Voices tells the story of Memer, a girl who lives in an occupied country. The story reveals how Orrec and Gry cope with their gifts, and eventually leave their mountainous home for the wider world. Orrec is a boy whose supposed gift of "unmaking" is apparently so dangerous that he voluntarily goes through life blindfolded, to avoid causing destruction. Gry is a girl who can communicate with animals she refuses to use her gift to aid hunters, which sets her apart from many in her culture, including her own mother. They live in a poor, mountainous, and culturally backward region, famous for its "witches" and wonder-workers. Gifts centers on two young people, Gry and Orrec, who struggle to come to terms with inherent psychic abilities. The three books share some characters the protagonists in Gifts reappear as supporting or minor characters in the later books.
The culture is at a generally medieval level, with traditional crafts but no advanced technology. The books in the trilogy share the same imaginary world their plots are set among small city states and independent polities, in a fertile region on the western shore of a continental land mass, in an otherwise unspecified world. Powers won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Gifts won the PEN Center USA 2005 Children's literature award. Each book has different main characters and settings, but the books are linked by some recurring characters and locations.
It consists of three books: Gifts (2004), Voices (2006), and Powers (2007). Annals of the Western Shore is a young adult fantasy series by Ursula K.
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