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Daradawn Book One: The Blue Flame
Manufacturer: Barbara Hodges
ISBN: 978-1-61252-056-8
Length:
Super Plus Novel
Category:
Young Adult
Sub-Category:
Fantasy
Rating:
Sweet
Photography/Artwork:
Jenifer Ranieri
Release Date:
July 1, 2011
Price: $6.99
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Regan Cafferty believes her sister Kelsey is dead. But in truth Kelsey entered a rift, into the world of Daradawn, an alternate land of magic, with doorways that open once every seven years, and remain so for only seven days,
A guest in Daradawn for the past seven years, Kelsey has become a commander for Queen Tessa, but they are losing the battle with the Dark Mage Dirkk,
Regan Cafferty has a small blue flame on her shoulder, the mark the Power bestows on its chosen in Daradawn.
Kelsey believes her sister and the blue flame is what is needed to defeat Dirkk. She sends Mage Peter through the once again open rift to bring Regan into Daradawn. There, magic, danger and a long denied love wait for her, but only if Peter can convince her he isn’t crazy, and to return to Daradawn with him.
EXCERPT
On the dark overhang, Queen's-Commander Kelsey Cafferty stood, head bowed and shoulders shaking, while in the valley below flames leapt, incinerating the mounded dead. Acrid, black smoke billowed upward. She drew her shoulders back and with head held high, stepped into the choking cloud.
With stinging eyes, she watched the myriad, pinhead specks of light and waited. Drawn to her glow of life they came. She cocked her head and strained to hear their ethereal whispers. They spoke of anger, hate of Dirkk and his Ru'taha, but above all else were murmurs of fear for what lay beyond the beckoning white light. In none of the voices did she detect bitterness against her. No, none blamed Kelsey Cafferty for their deaths -- except Kelsey Cafferty. Had she been wrong to attack Dirkk's evil with an army of farmers and merchants emboldened by courage more than experience?
Coughs wracked her body and she stumbled out of the smoke. Shivering, she hugged herself and stared upward at the pale moon. Kayla, it was called here in the Daradawn. Not Luna.
She freed a hand-and-a-half bastard sword from the sheath on her back and saluted the glowing orb. "I honor you, my fallen. May you at last find peace."
Behind her a branch cracked. She whirled. Gripping the sword waist high, her eyes searched the dark.
Three pale nude figures slipped from the shadows into the moon's glow. Each clutched a chain mace. Midnight-black, almond-shaped eyes stared at her from chiseled faces of alabaster perfection. Towering above her six foot of height, they circled first left, then right, and all in total silence. They paused, cocked their heads as if listening and then paced three steps forward in unison.
"When I was a kid, I'd lie in bed and imagine that when I opened my closet door, it would open on a new world, so when I read the blurb for this novel, I pounced on it, and it didn't disappoint. Warning: this novel is hard to put down... I highly recommend this lively, well-written fantasy, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next volume in the series, which, unfortunately from my point of view, won't be out until February, 2012."
Geranium -- Long and Short Reviews
Rating = 5 Books
Nominated for BOOK OF THE WEEK
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