Product Description

Weapons glitter, men’s voices are raised in battle-song and bright banners crack and flap in a sharp breeze; armies of steel and bronze are marching to war as the ruthless king of the southern realm executes his plan to seize dominion over the Four Kingdoms. With Tir’s most powerful protectors slain by treachery and the defenders scattered, it appears nothing can stand in the tyrant’s way.

Asrāthiel, summoner of storms, called 'Weatherwitch' by her wayward, eldritch companion, aids the defenders as best she can, but the invading armies are pushing further north and it seems that all is lost . . . Until a new peril unexpectedly looms; a far more dangerous and deadly menace that threatens not merely the balance of power, but the entire human race . . .

‘Dart-Thornton conjures up her world of Tir in the luminous yet hard-edged manner of Jack Vance and Mary Gentle’ Washington Post

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #213637 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

About the Author

Cecilia Dart-Thornton graduated from Monash University with an honours degree in Sociology. She began as a teacher and lecturer, then started and ran a business before becoming a full-time writer. Her interests include animal welfare, environmental conservation and digital media. She lives in Australia.

Customer Reviews

Ruined by two things
This would have been an enjoyable book, but was ruined in my opinion by two things. Firsly that the villan from the previous book is disposed of neatly and anticlimatically quickly, at the beginning of the book.

And secondly that the author spends large portions of the book flogging the reader over the head with her long diatribe against animal cruelty and evil carnivorous humans. I skipped huge sections only to find that the author was still spewing her message via the voices of the main characters, but it just cluttered up the book and ruined the tone of what should have been the main plotline. I won't be reading any more of her books.

Fallow Blade (Crowthistle Cronicles)
i would recommend the qua-trilogy to anyone who enjoys fantasy and very long stories that tie together at the very end of the forth book. each book captures you after the 5th chapter and holds you still with only your eyes and imagination moving. read and enjoy.