Mari Prothero had always seen things – things that no one else could see – tiny manlike creatures that lived in the sea or streams, and seemed to be made of water. They always treated her kindly. Mari grew up in a small Welsh fishing village, where her father was a master fisherman. Her mother […]
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Lavan Firestorm is a Herald mentioned in passing in the main Valdemar books, having been the last person before the present day of that world to have the Firestarting gift. This book is the story of how he discovered his gift, and became a Herald. It’s not a pleasant story, because Lavan was severely bullied,
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Arthur Penhaligon is back in the House, and this time, he’s been drafted into the Army, which happens to be run by Sir Thursday, the next in line of the keepers of the Architect’s Will. Arthur and Dame Primus are quite sure it’s a trick, and that he’ll be in great danger if he goes,
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In the final book of the Mistborn trilogy, the world is more or less coming to an end – the ashfalls have increased so much they’re choking out the sun by day, and the mists at night have turned sinister, and are making people fall ill. But Vin and Elend have found that the Lord
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Five friends go to a university talk by a noted Celtic studies authority, and quickly discover that he is in fact a wizard, and has come to bring them to Fionavar – the first of all Worlds, where they all have an important part to play in the war against the Unraveler. This is a
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Well, I’ve finally found my first Valdemar anthology that I can’t say I universally enjoyed. Up until now, I was pretty happy with the story selection, but this is the first one where I have to say eh. In the first place, the actual Mercedes Lackey novella is just ok. It features no regular, or
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I do normally give myself a little more space between books in the same series, since I have so much else to read lying around the house, but I admit, I was really curious to see how Gen would fare in this book (the last in the trilogy). In The Queen of Attolia, the story
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Ista has spent most of her life under the shadow of a curse on her family, but when her daughter (see The Curse of Chalion) is finally able to lift it, Ista is released from her madness. And suddenly doesn’t know what she should do.
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. One of my favorite stories in the Book of Enchantments (which I recently read) was set in the world of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, which I had not actually read yet, though I’ve been sitting on the first two. After reading a story featuring the
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. In a Mediterranean land that isn’t actually there, Eugenides, the Queen’s Thief of Eddis, finds his country at war with the neighboring kingdom of Attolia – and it’s because of him. The Queen of Attolia has punished him rather harshly, and his Queen cannot ignore
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