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Fiona McIntosh
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ISBN | 9781841494623 | ||
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Vicky
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Synopsis
Zar Boaz is preparing for the imminent arrival of the Galinsean fleet and it seems inevitable that the realm will be plunged into war. His only hope is to use Lazar as a bargaining chip but despite the necessity for him to be in the city for the negotiations, the Spur is determined to travel back to the desert to rescue the abducted Zaradine Ana and bring her home. However, finding Ana will not be a simple task. She is being held by the despotic Arafanz and his fanatical followers and as it slowly becomes clear what the presumed madman plans for Percheron, Ana does not know if she is to survive ...and if she is, to what end? In the meantime a much larger doom hovers over Percheron that no-one but Pez and his nemesis, the charismatic Grand Vizier Tariq, understands. The chaos between the neighbouring realms could become irrelevant when the final confrontation for the region's faith is played out.
Review
'Goddess' is the last book in the Percheron series by Fiona McIntosh and I have to say that it is even more brilliant than the first two books and they were excellent!
The adventures were relentless with all our characters fighting for their very lives in the war of the two faiths. Which one would survive to lead the souls of Percheron and would Ana give birth to her baby in safety.
The book was unputdownable and I wanted to know how Crown Valide would rise to the occasion of being left in charge of Percheron whilst Boaz, Tariq, and the Spur Lazar went to find and rescue Ana from Arafanz the so called despot. The journey that everyone including the reader goes through is mesmerising, and even though you know that this is a work of fiction, at the same time it is very very realistic.
Fiona's description of the Samazen reminded me of the sandstorm I went through in Death Valley in Claifornia - it was a very frightening experience - so what it must have been like on a camel and in labour, heaven alone knows. Her description of the delivery was absolutely text book and as an ex midwife I was pleased that Fiona really did get it right.
I found the lead up to the finale of good over evil enthralling, and could Fiona McIntosh have left an opening for a new series to follow what now happens to the cities of Percheron and Galinsean with it's new wisdoms and rulers.
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