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Elizabeth Vaughan
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Publisher | Gollancz | ||
ISBN | 978-057508289 | ||
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Ann
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Synopsis
Lara of Xy and her Warlord, Keir of the Cat, have been through much together. Lara left her homeland and her people for him, adopting his tribe as hers and learning their ways. Together they have overcome great trials, faced plague and insurgency, and found joy and happiness in each other's arms. But now they face their most arduous trial: Keir must take Lara into the Heart of the Plains, where she will be tested and examined by the warrior-priests. For Lara is the Warprize, but if the elders are to confirm her in her role, she must be accepted by a people who loathe everything she represents. And if she is found wanting, she will lose everything: her new home, her new people - and her Warlord ...
Review
The final one to date in the tale of Lara, Queen of Xy and Warprize of Keir of the Firelanders. Couldn't wait to read this, and it didn't disappoint.
Keir and Lara finally get to the Heart of the Plains, where she has to be accepted as Warprize by the Council of Elders. Yet more twists and turns before this next chapter in their lives comes to a satisfying, if bloody, conclusion.
This depiction of varying and often warring cultures is so believable and in a deeper sense challenges the reader to perhaps question some of the rituals and attitudes that motivate our society.
There is a hint at the end that this might not be the end - but a mercenary ? no - in the book there is mention of the Warking, a rare occurrence apparently, but it does happen. Hope so !
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