Fire Dance
The Harp and Ring Sequence #2
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Palace intrigue, dark magic, and terrifying secrets drive the beautifully written standalone novel Fire Dance, set in the world of Last Song Before Night.
Espionage, diplomacy, conspiracy, passion, and power are the sensuously choreographed steps of the soaring new high fantasy novel by Ilana C. Myer, one woman's epic mission to stop a magical conflagration.
Lin, newly initiated in the art of otherwordly enchantments, is sent to aid her homeland's allies against savage attacks from the Fire Dancers: mysterious practitioners of strange and deadly magic. Forced to step into a dangerous waltz of tradition, treachery, and palace secrets, Lin must also race the ticking clock of her own rapidly dwindling life to learn the truth of the Fire Dancers' war, and how she might prevent death on a scale too terrifying to contemplate.
Myer's novel is a symphony of secret towers, desert winds, burning sands, blood and dust. Her prose soars, and fluid movements of the politically charged plot carry the reader toward a shocking crescendo.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Forbidden enchantments and hidden machinations fill this well-plotted dark fantasy. Characters return from Myer's first work, Last Song Before Night, the events of which form the backstory for this volume. Lin Amaristoth, now court poet of the Kingdom of Eivar, is sent on a mission of aid to the neighboring kingdom of Kahishi. King Eldakar of Kahishi is hoping that Lin's different perspective and magic will be of assistance in discovering the force behind a series of eldritch attacks on small border villages. Lin and members of her retinue struggle to understand the byzantine plots of the court and learn whether the mysterious, magic-wielding Fire Dancers are really to blame for the attacks. In Eiver, Elissan Diar is named the newest archmaster of the Academy that trains poet-mages; soon after, Diar's "chosen" begin studying dangerous magic at night. Valanir Ocune, Lin's mentor, works in secret with his few allies on Academy Isle to thwart Diar's plans. Subtle cultural elements are reminiscent of the medieval Arab world. Fans of epic fantasy and court intrigue will enjoy following the characters as they discover pieces of the truth.
