Synopses & Reviews
In a world that is in constant shifting, where mountains can change to plains and then to lakes, Talyn is the Hunter for the Caisah, and a wreck of a once-proud person. She has lost her people, the Vaerli, and her soul working for the man who destroyed her people. All unknowing, she carries within her a Kindred, a chaos creature from the center of the earth that wants to help bring the Vaerli back to power. However, she has lost the ability to communicate with it. Little does the Hunter know that salvation is looking for her, and it wears the face of gentleness and strength. Finn is a teller of tales who carries his own dreadful secret. He sets out to find answers to his path but ends up in the city of Perilous and Fair where he meets Talyn. He knows the danger and yet is drawn to her. Their fates are bound together. Meanwhile, the Hunter's lost brother Byre is searching for his own solution to the terrible curse placed on the Vaerli. He sets forth on a treacherous journey of his own, which will intersect in the most unlikely place with that of Talyn and Finn. The ramifications of this encounter will be felt by all the people in Conhaero, from the lost Vaerli to the Caisah on his throne.
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Phillippa Ballantine is the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris. As a solo author, Philippa wrote the Books of the Order series with Ace; Geist (2010), Spectyr (2011). She also has the Shifted World series with Pyr Books, with the first book. Philippa is a trained librarian and addicted to the smell of old books. Visit her online at www.pjballantine.com or follow her on Twitter @PhillipaJane.