Wind From a Foreign Sky
The Tielmaran Chronicles, Book I
Hardcover - 379 pages (1996)
Tor Books; ISBN: 0-312-86007-2
Paperback - 379 pages (1997)
Tor Books; ISBN 0-812-54933-3
Hardcover - 379 pages (1996)
Tor Books; ISBN: 0-312-86007-2
Paperback - 379 pages (1997)
Tor Books; ISBN 0-812-54933-3
Reviews
Fantasy at its best--
Danger, intrigue, compelling characters and magic as real as yesterday.
--Lynn Abbey
An impressive debut novel, Wind from a Foreign Sky presents a provocative tale. Gaultry herself makes a complex heroine, exasperatingly headstrong and contrary at times, and all the more memorable for it. Katya Reimann makes even her most minor characters quite memorable, and shows great promise as a writer.
--Starlog
Katya Reimann is a very talented writer with a bright future.
--Terry Goodkind
The adventurous tale of spells and castings, swordplay, a journey fraught with danger and challenges, and a fiercely independent woman who must rely on a man duty bound to protect her belongs in most fantasy collections.
--Library Journal
Katya Reimann could very well join the exalted handful of writers at the very top of the genre's bestseller lists.
--Dragon Magazine
Flap Copy
Katya Reimann makes her fantasy debut in this gripping tale of magic and adventure. Sweeping the reader up in the breathless wonder of self-discovery, this talented and exciting young writer brings the dash and drama of new-minted magic to a timeless tale of sweeping power.
Three hundred years ago, Prince Clarin of Tielmark made a pact with the gods, winning his nation's independence from the old, corrupt Bissanty Empire—provided each subsequent prince renewed the pact by marrying a woman of common blood.
Now, Tielmark's Chancellor Heiratikus, himself of mixed Bissanty and Tielmaran heritage, has conceived a vicious plot to break the pact while fulfilling an ancient prophecy that would return this pastoral nation to Bissanty's iron-fisted rule. For his diabolical plan to succeed, he must rely on a forbidden arcane ritual to create a bride of Glamour, forged from the blood and magic of twin sisters.
Gaultry and her sister Mervion are the unknowing objects of this heinous plot. When she learns of her sister's capture, Gaultry becomes the linchpin upon which her nation's destiny will turn. As she learns to wield powers she hardly suspects she possesses, readers will marvel at the breathtaking adventure that unfolds in a spectacular succession of magical revelations and heartrending turns of fortune. Wind from a Foreign Sky is the memorable start to a brilliant career.
Three hundred years ago, Prince Clarin of Tielmark made a pact with the gods, winning his nation's independence from the old, corrupt Bissanty Empire—provided each subsequent prince renewed the pact by marrying a woman of common blood.
Now, Tielmark's Chancellor Heiratikus, himself of mixed Bissanty and Tielmaran heritage, has conceived a vicious plot to break the pact while fulfilling an ancient prophecy that would return this pastoral nation to Bissanty's iron-fisted rule. For his diabolical plan to succeed, he must rely on a forbidden arcane ritual to create a bride of Glamour, forged from the blood and magic of twin sisters.
Gaultry and her sister Mervion are the unknowing objects of this heinous plot. When she learns of her sister's capture, Gaultry becomes the linchpin upon which her nation's destiny will turn. As she learns to wield powers she hardly suspects she possesses, readers will marvel at the breathtaking adventure that unfolds in a spectacular succession of magical revelations and heartrending turns of fortune. Wind from a Foreign Sky is the memorable start to a brilliant career.
