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Chargement... The Red Countrypar Sylvia Kelso
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The princess Selithar will inherit the kingdom of Everran: small, peaceful and secure. And stifling under a dynasty's traditions that Selithar burns to strip away. But when she takes the throne, peace and security end. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This book is a wonder. No qualifiers. In this story of a hot-tempered princess and a withdrawn young wizard battling to defend a savagely beautiful desert from colonisation, Queenslander Sylvia Kelso has wrought a tale that is masterly in every sense of the word. From page one it’s clear: readers are in the presence of Someone Who Knows How to Write. Her prose dazzles, brimful of evocative turns of phrase and sparkling dialogue, and where lesser scribes might let the epic scope overwhelm the pace, Kelso’s tight plotting and even tighter pen lend the perfect balance of depth and concision. It’s a superb fit for this kind of story, an elegant exploration of the ethics of power, of the clash between opposing worlds, and of lofty principles laid low by brutal reality, which offers no easy answers but certainly two central characters you can—will—laugh, cry, rage, and fall in love with. Princess Sellithar is all prickle and peculiarly endearing arrogance, devastatingly intelligent and given to compassion as much as to fury, while aedr (wizard) Zam is her perfect foil: lovably shy, fiercely principled, enigmatic and strong. Read this now.