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Cast in Courtlight
Michelle Sagara
Luna, August 2006, $13.95, 400 pp
ISBN: 0373802447
Not many people cross the Abalyne River to escape the fiefs, territories where warlords rule with an iron fist. Kaylin is one of the few, as she now works under the Lord of Hawks at the Halls of Laws policing the streets. The ruler of Karaazon, the Dragon Emperor, a real dragon, has taken an interest in Kaylin who has magic in her that must be trained and because she wears the mark of the immortal Barrani outcast Lard Nightshade.
Through the machinations of her friend and fellow Hawk, the Barrani Teela, Kaylin saves the life of the Lord of the West March through her healing powers. By doing so she learns his real name and forges a bond between the immortal and the human. She is taken to the Barrani High Court where she discovers that the Lord of the West March’s brother is dying because someone has his name. He wants Kaylin to find out who it is because if she can’t the Barrani race will die at a time the world will need their powers. Kaylin agrees, but first must understand her own powers before she begins her odyssey.
Michelle Sagara is a great fantasist who makes it seems normal than different that sentient races including dragon, Barrani, human, avian and leoninee live together in harmony. The audience gets to see and understand the Barrani culture and it makes one wonder if they are really a product of the author’s imagination or if they actually exist. Magic is taken for granted in this world’s society and even though the feisty heroine doesn’t want to practice, events force her to learn to wield her powers or watch death take charge of the realm.
Michelle Sagara
Luna, August 2006, $13.95, 400 pp
ISBN: 0373802447
Not many people cross the Abalyne River to escape the fiefs, territories where warlords rule with an iron fist. Kaylin is one of the few, as she now works under the Lord of Hawks at the Halls of Laws policing the streets. The ruler of Karaazon, the Dragon Emperor, a real dragon, has taken an interest in Kaylin who has magic in her that must be trained and because she wears the mark of the immortal Barrani outcast Lard Nightshade.
Through the machinations of her friend and fellow Hawk, the Barrani Teela, Kaylin saves the life of the Lord of the West March through her healing powers. By doing so she learns his real name and forges a bond between the immortal and the human. She is taken to the Barrani High Court where she discovers that the Lord of the West March’s brother is dying because someone has his name. He wants Kaylin to find out who it is because if she can’t the Barrani race will die at a time the world will need their powers. Kaylin agrees, but first must understand her own powers before she begins her odyssey.
Michelle Sagara is a great fantasist who makes it seems normal than different that sentient races including dragon, Barrani, human, avian and leoninee live together in harmony. The audience gets to see and understand the Barrani culture and it makes one wonder if they are really a product of the author’s imagination or if they actually exist. Magic is taken for granted in this world’s society and even though the feisty heroine doesn’t want to practice, events force her to learn to wield her powers or watch death take charge of the realm.
