Prince of Fire & Ashes
The Tielmaran Chronicles, Book III
Hardcover - 480 pages (July 2002)
Tor Books; ISBN: 0312860099
Paperback -
Tor Books; ISBN
Hardcover - 480 pages (July 2002)
Tor Books; ISBN: 0312860099
Paperback -
Tor Books; ISBN
Reviews
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. . . . 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.
--Publisher's Weekly
Reimann’s prose is clean and descriptive. Despite her huge cast, every character is distinct. They have their own agendas, sometimes conflicting, sometimes unknowingly in tandem.... Reimann avoids many of the clichés of Fantasy Literature simply through good characterization. The people of the Bissanty Empire are not wholly evil, nor is Tielmark a bucolic paradise full of happy peasants.
For lovers of political intrigue and multifaceted plots, Prince of Fire and Ashes will be a feast.
--Victoria McManus, SF Revu
PRINCE OF FIRE AND ASHES, the final chapter in Katya Reimann's epic fantasy Tielmaran Chronicles, is a tremendous tale. The novel closes the subplots left behind from the previous two tales (WIND FROM A FOREIGN SKY and A TREMOR IN THE BITTER EARTH) yet manages to keep the prime story line of this book interesting and moving, enabling this novel to be a stand alone tale too. That well executed exciting combo is what fans will marvel about as much as the maturing of Ms. Reimann into a monster force within the genre.
--Harriet Klausner, The Best Reviews
Flap Copy
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 Tielmark's Goddess-Twins, returns to her homeland yearning for peace, but discovers a conspiracy of evil magics that could kill the Orphan Prince she wards. The coven of witches sworn to defend the Prince's crown have gathered to attend the expiring Duchess of Melaudiere, who protects their throne's unborn heir. They also face an unpleasant truth: years past, the witches failed their oath to Tielmark. If this oath goes uncompleted, their lives and all those of their descendents will prove forfeit.
Forest-born Gaultry, tuned more to action than politics, navigates tricky court intrigue 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 would see Bissanty chains shattered 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--and she has planned even from before Gaultry's birth to stop her.
In sweeping action from Tielmark's courtly infighting to the barren sun-bleached battlegrounds at Tielmark's farthest border, Gaultry must call on her magic, courage, and spirit to win through the obstacles to her realm's riteful Kingship.
The great treachery is exposed in a brutal end-game played out under Tielmark's towering border mountains, as Gaultry and members of the Common Brood use their deepest powers to crown a King--or kill the hopes of their King-less realm.
Tielmark's free Prince sits imperiled by the relentless conspiracies of the neighboring Bissanty Empire. Sorceress Gaultry Blas, blessed by Tielmark's Goddess-Twins, returns to her homeland yearning for peace, but discovers a conspiracy of evil magics that could kill the Orphan Prince she wards. The coven of witches sworn to defend the Prince's crown have gathered to attend the expiring Duchess of Melaudiere, who protects their throne's unborn heir. They also face an unpleasant truth: years past, the witches failed their oath to Tielmark. If this oath goes uncompleted, their lives and all those of their descendents will prove forfeit.
Forest-born Gaultry, tuned more to action than politics, navigates tricky court intrigue 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 would see Bissanty chains shattered 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--and she has planned even from before Gaultry's birth to stop her.
In sweeping action from Tielmark's courtly infighting to the barren sun-bleached battlegrounds at Tielmark's farthest border, Gaultry must call on her magic, courage, and spirit to win through the obstacles to her realm's riteful Kingship.
The great treachery is exposed in a brutal end-game played out under Tielmark's towering border mountains, as Gaultry and members of the Common Brood use their deepest powers to crown a King--or kill the hopes of their King-less realm.
