Book Review of The
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Title: The Fire
Mages
Author: Pauline
M. Ross
Genre: Epic
Fantasy Adventure / Romance
Kyra has
always been drawn to the magic of spellpages. She is determined to leave her
small village far behind and become a scribe, wielding the power of magic
through her pen. Halfway through her training, she has a mage as patron and her
ambitions are within her grasp. But a simple favour for her sister goes
disastrously awry, destroying Kyra's dreams in an instant.Devastated, she accepts an offer from a stranger to help her find out what went wrong. The young man sees growing power within Kyra, potentially stronger than spellpages or any living mage. The answers to unlocking that power may lie within the glowing walls of the Imperial City, but its magic is strong and the unwary vanish without trace on its streets. Thirsty for knowledge and desperate to avoid another accident, she feels compelled to risk it.
While she focuses on controlling her abilities, a storm of greed and ambition boils up around her. Kyra is a pawn in the struggle for dominance between unscrupulous factions vying for rule of her country. Trusting the wrong side could get her killed--or worse, the potent magic she barely understands could be put to unthinkable evil.
Author Bio
Pauline
lives in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland with her husband, her grown up
daughter and a mad cat. She likes chocolate, whisky, her Kindle, massed pipe
bands, long leisurely lunches, watching TV with her daughter, chocolate, going
places in her campervan, eating pizza in Italy, summer nights that never get
dark, wood fires in winter, chocolate, the view from the study window looking
out over the Moray Firth and the Black Isle to the mountains beyond. And
chocolate. She dislikes driving on motorways, cooking, shopping, hospitals.
‘The Fire Mages’ is her second published work. ‘The Plains of Kallanash’ was
published in September 2014.
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“Kyra, I’ve found a spell to prevent pregnancy, and
if you were to write it out…”
“Deyria, I’m not allowed to! Even if I had the
proper paper and ink, it’s absolutely forbidden. I’d be thrown out of the
scribery. Besides, I’ve never written a true spellpage.”
“Oh, it doesn’t need to be real,” she said airily,
“but everyone knows that writing out the spell and then burning it in a
crucible - well, it isn’t guaranteed to work, like the real thing, but
it increases the chances.”
“Even a true spellpage isn’t guaranteed to work,” I
said acidly. “This is just superstition, Deyria. Without the proper paper, ink
and quill, it can’t possibly have any effect. There’s no magic in the words
themselves, the power is all in the paper and ink. It’s a waste of time.”
“But it would make me feel better about all this,”
she said softly.
It was quite illogical, but many people believed
such things and paid a little to have someone write out a spell when they
couldn’t afford the silver for a true spellpage. It would do no harm, I reasoned,
and perhaps it would bring her some comfort, even if it couldn’t possibly
prevent her getting pregnant. It was clear that she was as good as committed to
the Kellon already - she even called him by his given name.
So, despite my misgivings, I wrote out the spell on
Mother’s regular paper, and watched the letters jump and shimmer as they
settled onto the page. Then I gave it to Deyria, and her face lit up with
pleasure. She hugged me and thanked me over and over.
“We’ll go to Ginzia’s house tonight. She won’t mind
us using her crucible.”
“Not me, no. I’m a scribe, Deyria, I don’t like to
watch ordinary pages burned in the crucible. It seems wrong somehow. The
crucible is only for true spellpages.”
So she went
alone and came back smiling. But that night, I dreamt of flames and ash.
Review:
Interesting
mythology. I loved how the story
unfolded and you saw things from the view of the girl. And I want to live in this land and be a Fire Mage. I can't wait to read other works by this author. I highly recommend this book for any fantasy lover.
I
give this book 4.5 out of 5 clouds.
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