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A talented knife-maker with a natural affinity with the elements of the earth, Katla Aransen, the beautiful and rebellious daughter of an Eyran merchant, finds herself targeted by Istrian fanatics after she accidentally commits sacrilege and by Saro Vingo, a young Istrian noble who falls in love with her.
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Fantasy is always at its best when its subject includes something real; Jude Fisher's first novel Sorcery Rising (she also penned The Lord of the Rings Visual Companion) is not just about the dangers of magic, about strange places and exotic peoples. It is also about how it is that people come to hate and to exploit; Fisher is shrewd about the lies people tell themselves in order to be able to do what they want without any sense of the consequences for others. The wealthy Istrians have a culture based on the enslavement of women and dress this up with passionate goddess-worship; they truly believe that their Eyran trading partners, whose land they stole and whom they continue to threaten, are wicked and unnatural for letting their women smithy swords and reveal their faces. Tough-minded aggressive Katla hardly lands in Istrian territory before she is threatened with burning, and things get worse when she finds herself mixed up in the Istrian Selen's escape from a forced marriage. Fisher adds to a mix that might have ended up as a crude Vikings vs Taliban death match a particularly sinister sorcerer's apprentice who hardly knows what he is doing and a bunch of nomads who know and dread what it means when their charlatanry starts to become real magic. We have here an impressive debut that works its own intelligent riffs on stock material. --Roz Kaveney
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This book delivers exactly what a fantasy should. Sorcery Rising is a smorgasbord of fantasy elements. -- Robin Hobb
This tale of magic,mystery,intrigue and feud works well...I can't wait to read the next instalment. -- The Times, July 3rd. 2002
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Printing. Science fiction Hardback book. 1st printing 7/02. Book condition is near new to very fine, pages are tight and clean with no writing or stamps, dust jacket is very fine, has no edge wear, inside back cover lower flap has been creased, a gift quality book.WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more iinformation**. SUMMARY -A MAGICAL AWAKENING.Katla Aransen has come to her first Allfair where many of the diverse peoples of Elda gather to trade and interact. Even the location of the Allfair, the Moonfell Plain, is a place out of legend--home to a sacred but contested mount. The Eyrans call it Sur's Castle, and believe that their god views both men and women as equals and welcomes both onto his holy ground. But the Istrians call it Falla's Rock, and believe that for any female other than their goddess to set foot there is a capital offense.Katla, though still young, has come to the Allfair not merely to enjoy herself, but to ply her trade. She is the greatest blade-forger in all of Eyra, and she is also an accomplished rock climber. For she has an inborn magical affinity with the natural elements of the earth--stone and metal--which imbue both her trade and her hobby with preternatural skill.Proud to the point of arrogance, rebelliously willful and strong-minded, yet naive about the religious fanaticism of the Istrians, Katla secretly climbs the holy mount. Unfortunately, her "sacrilege" is witnessed by Istrian elders, who swear to catch this blasphemous young woman and put her to death.But far more dangerous events are afoot at the Allfair. For the caravans of the Footloose--magical nomads--shelter a mysterious albino man who has kidnapped two sorcerous entities: an unimaginably beautiful woman with no memory who inspires unquenchable lust in any man who sees her, and a black cat within whom is hidden many of the world's greatest magical secrets. And before the Allfair is over, forces will be set in motion which will threaten every country, every people, and perhaps change the entire face of Elda forever. Seller Inventory # 090623001