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When 16-year-old Han Alister and his Clan friend Dancer encounter three underage wizards setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea, he has no idea that this event will precipitate a cascade of disasters that will threaten everything he cares about.
Han takes an amulet from one of the wizards, Micah Bayar, to prevent him from using it against them. Only later does he learn that it has an evil history-it once belonged to the Demon King, the wizard who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. And the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back.
Meanwhile, Princess Raisa ana'Marianna, the heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells, has just spent three years of relative freedom with her father's family at Demonai Camp-riding, hunting, and working the famous Clan markets. Now court life in Fellsmarch pinches like a pair of too-small shoes.Wars are raging to the south, and threaten to spread into the high country. After a long period of quiet, the power of the Wizard Council is once again growing. The people of the Fells are starving and close to rebellion. Now more than ever, there's a need for a strong queen.
But Raisa's mother Queen Marianna is weak and distracted by the handsome Gavan Bayar, High Wizard of the Fells. Raisa wants to be more than an ornament in a glittering cage. She aspires to be like Hanalea-the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. With the help of her friend, the cadet Amon Byrne, she navigates the treacherous Gray Wolf Court, hoping she can unravel the conspiracy coalescing around her before it's too late.
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I absolutely loved this book! I have just spent the last few weeks trying to find a book that would hold my attention and this certainly did and even more so. Towards the end, the last few chapters, I raced through as I realised that the author was laying the seeds for the next book in the series? I have always enjoyed books where you can see the characters develop and know that they have so much more to offer as I found with Robin Hobb and Tad Williams. This book is exactly the same. Can't wait to get started on the next!
I was enthralled with this book. Cinda Williams Chima did a marvelous job at adding excitement, adventure, betrayal, and personality to the story. A big HURRAH to her!! I fell in love with both the characters: Amon and Han Alister. And who could forget the princess Raisa who, though not my favourite character, has some spunk that I love in these types of books!! Although some parts were fairly predictable, I couldn't help but fall in love with the story! Overall...AMAZING JOB!!WARNING: SPOILERS AHEADAmon - a loyal-to-the-end best friend anyone could ever have, who put aside his feelings for the sake of the safety of the princess Raisa. Han Alister - what a simple, yet complex character. I love that about him. He gave up his life as a streetlord of the Fells so that his younger sister wouldn't get involved and possibly killed. What a noble act for one who has a hard time making a living without pickpocketing for extra cash. On top of that, he finds out he is a wizard despite his hatred of them.