![]() Basically, they are trapped by an evil lord who wants to kill everyone, and can do almost nothing about it. The book begins great, gets boring after Nina and her troupe arrive, gets interesting again as they head off into ghost country, and thereafter shakily spends far too much time on a plot point which makes no sense. The characters are nearly all inconsistent or flat, which doesn't help either. The dialogue is by far the author's weakest point. Sadly, however, it drags on far too much, concentrating on particularly uninteresting things within the dialogue like how everyone is faring at court, and histories involving too many long names. The plot was good, the characters were good, and the author is wonderful at descriptions. This book could have been simply phenomenal if it had done various things differently. However, the novel works well as a stand alone read, although I expect there is a lot more adventure and magic to come once Rhiannon and the apprentices finally arrive at their destination. The minor characters are a bit one-sided in this first of a trilogy, but perhaps will develop more in later episodes. As with the previous series the land of Eileanan, the world is well realised and populated with all sorts of faerie and people with various magical talents. However, she harbours a dark secret which she must keep to herself as she travels with the apprentices and their adult escorts.ĭespite the land now being at peace, there is still evil afoot and the convoy runs into trouble near the Tower of Ravens in desolate and difficult country and Rhiannon and her companions must be alert to prevent a dastardly plot going ahead. ![]() Half human, Rhiannon does not resemble her tribe and was in danger of being killed as she had not yet sprouted horns despite being almost full grown. ![]() One such caravan escorting a group of apprentices comes across a wild girl, Rhiannon who has captured a flying horse to escape her tribe of horned Satyricorns. Talented youngsters with magical abilities are brought into the capital Lucescere to be apprentice witches and trained in the magic arts. ![]() Under the rule of Lachlan the Winged, the witches are slowly rebuilding their towers and schools and restoring peace and prosperity to the land. I enjoyed this fantasy set in Eileanan some 25 years after the events of The Witches of Eileanan. ![]()
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