I am probably just too hard on books, I'll admit. But as I grow older, I just keep thinking about how I have only a limited amount of time left to enjoy books that thoroughly hook me from page one, and the amount of books out there is only growing (and growing at a more rapid pace) daily. From th...
Glenda Larke, this is the second of her books I have read and I have to say I'm as disappointed as I am impressed with her ability to kill off characters at the drop of a hat! I'm not usually too fond of books where the story is told from different perspectives but she manages to do this as well...
I couldn't put these books down and read the whole trilogy straight through!! Interesting scenario where water is scarce and those that control the water have the power. Love that the books cover some heavy topics such as structures of inequality, religious intolerance, racism/discrimination, t...
A halfbreed's search for a mysterious slave woman leads her to a lawless land of dark dunmagic and an evil that poses a threat to all the Isles of Glory.
The Exaltarch rules the Tyranian Empire through force and a network of spies known as the Brotherhood. In Kardiastan, Tyrans has forced out the Magor ruling class and imposed their own leaders.Ligea Gayed, one of the top agents of the Brotherhood, is ordered to find a Kardiastan rebel leader and ...
When they emerged into the Water Purifiers Guild building, the first person he saw was Gerelda Brantheld. He paused, watching her talking to a lad, surprising himself with the depth of the joy he felt at seeing her again. She was leaner than he remembered and her bare arms were all muscle. Spittl...
He took the ewer from me, as well as the small bag of clothing I had brought along—but he was looking at the other item I carried. The sword, well wrapped to disguise its shape, was tucked under my arm. He touched it reverently, and the smile he gave was as joyful as a child’s laughter. ‘That’s i...
—-Old Saying of the Margravate of Malinawar ‘Not asleep, Keris?’ Scow, who’d been crossing the camp on his way to Keris’s tent when she had emerged from it, pitched his voice to a whisper so as not to disturb anyone else. ‘I was just coming to see if you were all right. I saw your candle. I...
The Princess was speaking, and on the surface she was being at her most imperious. Sorrel suspected that underneath she was terrified. “You are far too disrespectful! I don’t care what you know, I am still your princess and I deserve your loyalty.” For a moment she regarded Mathilda with dispassi...