To Light a Candle (Obsidian)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (643 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007MXXBQI |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Light struggles against Dark, like flickering candle flames buried deep in the shadow of Obsidian Mountain.. Valued for his bravery and his skills as both wizard and warrior, Kellen joins the Elves' war councils. Someday Idalia will pay a tragic price for a world-saving work of Wild Magic, but until then, she will claim any joy life can offer her. Kellen's sister Idalia, a Wild Mage with great healing ability, has pledged her heart to Jermayan, a proud Elven warrior. Yet he cannot convince the City of his birth that it is in terrible danger
"In the captivating world conjured by veteran Lackey and classical scholar Mallory in this first of a high fantasy trilogy, there are three types of magic, each of which has its own rules, limits and variables. The narrative speeds to the end, avoiding a jarring halt while leaving the reader satisfied and wanting to know more."--Publishers Weekly on The Outstretched Shadow"Once Kellen realizes there is a world full of wonders, diversity, and people who think and live differently, he cannot return to the oppressive sameness of City life. Kellen sets down a road he never expected to take, on a journey of dire importance to both humans and nonhumans (the latter including elves, unicorns, and other enchanting creatures). The Wild Magic has another agenda for him, however, involving an acerbic unicorn and a woman-heavens!-to learn the Wild (but not sex) Magic from. F
SanSerif said Eh.. Mercedes Lackey is, I admit, brain candy for me. Not literature but in general a fun read. That being said this particular volume in this particular series is pretty much filler. Nt much happens but it serves as a good way to get from A to B. I would say more appropriate to borrow from the library rather than purchase unless you are a completist, but that's just me.. ALERT - don't try to Whispersync with Audible audiobook For those of you who have a Kindle Fire, don't buy the Audible audiobook to Whispersync with the "printed" book. I thought I'd try it because the audiobook was pretty cheap (under $ALERT - don't try to Whispersync with Audible audiobook K. For those of you who have a Kindle Fire, don't buy the Audible audiobook to Whispersync with the "printed" book. I thought I'd try it because the audiobook was pretty cheap (under $4.00). It worked once, then never again. I tried downloading everything again, as I was told to do by Audible customer service, and it didn't help. In fact, I did this twice. Given that it takes about an hour to download the audio version, that's a lot of wasted time. It eventually got to the point where the Kindle wouldn't let me play the audiobook at all! (It kept saying that it was unavailable.) Since this was my fi. .00). It worked once, then never again. I tried downloading everything again, as I was told to do by Audible customer service, and it didn't help. In fact, I did this twice. Given that it takes about an hour to download the audio version, that's a lot of wasted time. It eventually got to the point where the Kindle wouldn't let me play the audiobook at all! (It kept saying that it was unavailable.) Since this was my fi. Andrea said Very slow, so much room for improvement. After making my way through the first book I bought the second because it seemed that the story had finally been set up enough to get exciting. And indeed, some parts of the story are; however those parts are very small and are linked together by what I found to be very boring repetitive dialouge and unclear story padding. First, almost all of the writing about the elves I found to be very annoying. Mallory and Lackney set the creatures up by saying how they have perfected living, are graceful, everything they make is beautiful and harmonious, then continually tear them down with talking about ho