Volume 1: The Fire of Sor'cière
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By a fateful night in the wonderful country of Alas struck by a curse, three mages made a final act of resistance, sacrificing everything in the hope of preserving good.
Five hundred years later, the anniversary of that disastrous night, a young girl inherits a long-lost power. But before she can understand his terrible gift, Lord Black launched his winged monsters to capture and bring back the magic it holds embryo. Fleeing the hordes of darkness. Elena is rushed to a terrible outcome ... and to the company of unexpected allies. Forming with them a band of outcasts and off-the-law, she tries to fight the relentless forces of evil and rescue a once glorious empire ...
Five hundred years later, the anniversary of that disastrous night, a young girl inherits a long-lost power. But before she can understand his terrible gift, Lord Black launched his winged monsters to capture and bring back the magic it holds embryo. Fleeing the hordes of darkness. Elena is rushed to a terrible outcome ... and to the company of unexpected allies. Forming with them a band of outcasts and off-the-law, she tries to fight the relentless forces of evil and rescue a once glorious empire ...
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I read this book in the baby Fantasy Challenge and the challenge Milady (although I read the edition Bragelonne but hey, it's the same house and in fact, c is the volumes 2 and 3 that I have in my lady ... I'll read tomes soon ...). In
Bragelonne Editions (2006), the book is 412 pages and Milady (2008): 536 pages
Original edition (saga The Banned & the Banished) published in 1998 under the title " Wit ' c. Fire "
This saga has a total of 5 volumes published in France in Bragelonne
(until Volume 3 in hand, the 4th spell in January 2011):
- Volume 2: The Lightning of Sor'cière (Wit'ch Storm)
- Volume 3: The War of the Sor'cière (Wit'ch War)
- Volume 4: The Gate of Sor'cière (Wit'ch Gate)
- Volume 5: The Star of Sor'cière (Wit 'ch Star)
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Notice to the public:
This book is a real favorite ! Like the Heart Gem (also published by the Musketeers Years Later), he took me in a fantasy world of adult rich and diverse .
The heroine of the story is a little 12 year old daughter, Elena , but it will quickly grow and mature throughout the adventure, in contact with several characters who will help or the chase. these characters are quite many and how to present them is interesting. We meet them sparingly and it is not lost in all the names. I liked this approach. For example, in Part 1, we find several main characters (with Elena Er'ril Stand , the warrior penguin or Kral, the Highlander) and presto, in Part 2, we change places, as if they resumed and a new story one discovers 3 new characters ( Tol'chuk , a rather special and 2 og're metamorphs Mogweed and Farlane ) which will of course at one time or another to join the other ... The whole mystery was where, when, and especially ... how!
The story of each is so well developed. Each character has their own motivation. Species are also quite varied. We thus find human warriors, magicians, mountaineers, og'res, of metamorphs of el'phes .. . not to mention horrific creatures created by the Black Heart. Personally, I loved Elena follow because it must adapt quickly despite the loss of family members (dead or removed) and discover its magical powers. I liked its evolution and internal questioning. I find it neither too superficial nor too slender. She is rather shy at first but quickly asserts itself, does not take a big head. She is well supported by the valiant Er'ril , another character that I loved to follow throughout the story (not counting Tol'chuk and Kral ...). For cons, I have less adhered to metamorphic or even el'phe, the characters may be darker and more ambivalent.
I found in this first volume a bit the spirit of Volume 1 of Lord of the Rings is to say the quality of the product. At least in terms of characters, how they meet, bind, split, find themselves ... By cons, level writing is different. Tolkien was much descriptions, we dive (up to the overdose sometimes) very specific details about the past of the characters or place, largely defining the universe. Here is one more in a modern style , but not devoid of descriptions lively !
The action is indeed very this, of course we follow the escape characters face danger. There are a lot of suspense but Dante fighting some where the bravery and courage are needed. I imagined some scenes already adapted without problem to the movies. That would be fabulous! Parts can also reveal elements of the mythology or present important elements for the future. The writing of James Clemens is beautiful in any case, I never got bored from beginning to end , I went like butter in this novel.
The story itself may seem conventional to some but that's the way it is written and which brought the richness of this first volume (and maybe this saga). I was repeatedly blown away by the tide of history. I really did not want to release the book until you know the rest! Dante is the final, finishing the first volume to wonder what might be called an introduction, but has already shown much of his power! Given the very special introduction which plunges us as if we read the lost scrolls (I actually smiled at the fake parchment must sign to accept that reading), I feel that Clemens planned volumes in its 5 millimeter. There are quite a lot of leads in this first volume will be to clarify in the following volumes. I also launching immediately into the second volume ... I do Can not wait!
Overall rating: 10 / 10!
Yep, no less! Or 9.6 / 10 if you want (like that, I leave a room for the following volumes ...: D)
See you soon!
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