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Prince of Fire and Ashes  
Author: Katya Reimann
ISBN: 0312860099
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review


From Publishers Weekly
The long-awaited third and final volume of Reimann's Tielmaran Chronicles (Wind from a Foreign Sky; Tremor in the Bitter Earth) neatly wraps up previous plots, though it can stand on its own, with its well-rounded characters, full explanations and absorbing story line. Gaultry Bas, "the huntress-witch of Arleon forest," returns to Tielmark with Tullier, a young prince of the rival Bissanty Empire. Sworn to safeguard Tullier while also serving her own country, Gaultry must find a way to make her prince, Benet, king and protect his crown. In addition to battling the outside enemy, she must also combat enemies from within a coven of witches who have been waiting for the moment to bring an ancient plot to its terrible conclusion. In the process, Gaultry has to learn to understand her own strengths and weaknesses as she traverses the politics and intrigues of court life. When danger threatens to strike once more close to home, she has to depart with Tullier to fight for freedom and sovereignty abroad, leaving others to confront and foil the evils nearer to home. Deftly interweaving the various subplots in a rich yet accessible prose style, Reimann transports the reader to a world of magic and action in this rewarding and intricate read. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
Magic, gods, and history build to a stunning climax in Katya Reimann's Tielmaran Chronicles.

Tielmark's free prince sits imperiled by the relentless conspiracies of the neighboring Bissanty Empire. Sorceress Gaultry Blas, blessed by Tielmaran's goddess-twins, returns to her homeland yearning for peace, but instead discovers a conspiracy of evil magics. The coven of witches sworn to defend the prince's crown have gathered to attend the dying Duchess of Melaudiere, who protects their throne's unborn heir. They also have an unpleasant truth: In years past, the witches failed their oath to Tielmark. If they fail again, their lives and those of their descendants will be lost.

Forest-born Gaultry, tuned more to action than politics, navigates tricky court intrigue and is determined to work with the Common Brood witches to break the ancient Bissanty claims.

But Gaultry is stalked by a hidden Tielmaran-born enemy who is bent on shattering Bissanty chains at any cost. This enemy has waited fifty years for the alignment of the stars that will allow Tielmark's prince ascent to a kingly throne. She will not let Gaultry get in her way-for this enemy has been planning from before Gaultry's birth how to stop her.

From the intricate infighting of Tielmark's court to the barren sun-bleached battlegrounds at Tielmark's farthest border, Gaultry must call on her magic, courage, and spirit to overcome the obstacles to her realm's rightful kingship.

When the great treachery is finally exposed in a brutal endgame played out under Tielmark's towering border mountains, Gaultry and members of the Common Brood will call upon their deepest powers to crown a king-or kill the hopes of their kingless realm.





Prince of Fire and Ashes

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Tielmark's free prince sits imperiled by the relentless conspiracies of the neighboring Bissanty Empire. Sorceress Gaultry Blas, blessed by Tielmaran's goddess-twins, returns to her homeland yearning for peace, but instead discovers a conspiracy of evil magics. The coven of witches sworn to defend the prince's crown have gathered to attend the dying Duchess of Melaudiere, who protects their throne's unborn heir. They also face an unpleasant truth: In years past, the witches failed their oath to Tielmark. If they fail again, their lives and those of their descendants will be lost." "Forest-born Gaultry, tuned more to action than politics, navigates tricky court intrigue and is determined to work with the Common Brood witches to break the ancient Bissanty claims." "But Gaultry is stalked by a hidden Tielmaran-born enemy who is bent on shattering Bissanty chains at any cost. This enemy has waited fifty years for the alignment of the stars that will allow Tielmark's prince to ascend to a kingly throne. She will not let Gaultry get in her way - for this enemy has been planning from before Gaultry's birth how to stop her." From the intricate infighting of Tielmark's court to the barren sun-bleached battlegrounds at Tielmark's farthest border, Gaultry must call on her magic, courage, and spirit to overcome the obstacles to her realm's rightful kingship.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

The long-awaited third and final volume of Reimann's Tielmaran Chronicles (Wind from a Foreign Sky; Tremor in the Bitter Earth) neatly wraps up previous plots, though it can stand on its own, with its well-rounded characters, full explanations and absorbing story line. Gaultry Bas, "the huntress-witch of Arleon forest," returns to Tielmark with Tullier, a young prince of the rival Bissanty Empire. Sworn to safeguard Tullier while also serving her own country, Gaultry must find a way to make her prince, Benet, king and protect his crown. In addition to battling the outside enemy, she must also combat enemies from within a coven of witches who have been waiting for the moment to bring an ancient plot to its terrible conclusion. In the process, Gaultry has to learn to understand her own strengths and weaknesses as she traverses the politics and intrigues of court life. When danger threatens to strike once more close to home, she has to depart with Tullier to fight for freedom and sovereignty abroad, leaving others to confront and foil the evils nearer to home. Deftly interweaving the various subplots in a rich yet accessible prose style, Reimann transports the reader to a world of magic and action in this rewarding and intricate read. Agent, Shawna McCarthy. (July 12) FYI: The author was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Windup entry to Reiman's trilogy, begun with Wind From a Foreign Sky (1996) and continued with A Tremor in the Bitter Earth (1998). Tielmark's patron goddesses, the Great Twins, guaranteed Prince Clarin his land's independence from the Bissanty Empire if Tielmark's royalty married only commoners. The trilogy features twin sisters, the huntress and Glamour witch Gaultry Blas, and the equally magical but headstrong Mervion. In Tremor, the Bissanty Empire again threatens Tielmark, while Gaultry captures the young assassin Tullier, bent on killing Prince Benet. Tullier's trust in Gaultry's mercy and conscience leads him to help her track down those behind the attempted murder. Now, the Bissanty Empire yet again threatens Tielmark and its orphan prince, Gaultry's ward. At the marriage of the Princess Corinne, the Great Goddesses, flashing eyed and judging, manifest themselves incarnate at the altar. A spell to keep the wedding safe from Bissanty traitors is made by Tielmark's Common Brood, or seven-member witches' coven, while the goddesses accept the Tielmaran God-pledge made every 50 years. But some time ago the coven had failed its oath to the goddesses, and the witches may now pay with their lives-and their descendants' lives-if the oath is not fulfilled. Gaultry joins the Common Brood at court to help deflect forever the Bissanty's recurring demands. But the Brood-pledge is bound by the prophecy of the late Lousielle, founder of the Brood: The path of the Prince of Tielmark will run red with the blood of the Common Brood. As long story strands weave together, stronger by far than its predecessors.

     



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