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The Griffin Mage trilogy, now complete in one volume, tells the story of the war between men and griffins --- and the young girl, torn between two worlds, who will decide the fate of all.
Little ever happens in the quiet villages of peaceful Feierabiand. The course of Kes' life seems set: she'll grow up to be an herb-woman and healer for the village of Minas Ford, never quite fitting in but always more or less accepted. And she's content with that path --- or she thinks she is.
Until the day the griffins come down from the mountains, bringing with them the fiery wind of their desert and a desperate need for a healer. But what the griffins need is a healer who is not quite human... or a healer who can be made into something not quite human.
This omnibus edition contains the complete Griffin Mage trilogy: Lord of the Changing Wind, Land of the Burning Sands and Law of the Broken Earth.
- Sales Rank: #1269423 in Books
- Published on: 2011-11-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.75" w x 5.50" l, 1.93 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 1024 pages
About the Author
Rachel Neumeier started writing fiction to relax when she was a graduate student and needed a hobby unrelated to her research. Prior to selling her first fantasy novel, she had published only a few articles in venues such as The American Journal of Botany. However, finding that her interests did not lie in research, Rachel left academia and began to let her hobbies take over her life instead. She now raises and shows dogs, gardens, cooks, and occasionally finds time to read. She works part time for a tutoring program, though she tutors far more students in Math and Chemistry than in English Composition.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Beautiful Imagery and Smart
By letterEletterD
Overall, I found this series lyrical, intelligent, and compelling. The books take place one after another, and many characters repeat, but the main characters of each book are different. My favorite part of the series is even when you dislike a character, you get the sense that if the story were told from their perspective, your feelings would be reversed--and indeed, in other books that is often the case.
Lord of the Changing Winds
I think the blurb does not do a very good job of introducing this book. Here's my version:
Kes, a farm girl living on the border of Feieraband, and Bertaud, Lord of the Delta, are about to meet in the most unexpected of circumstances. Griffins have invaded Feieraband, and the majestic creatures will bring forth powers in both of youths that they never dreamed of. But the griffins are a percursor to a much a greater danger to the people Kes and Bertaud love...Can they save their country without losing themselves?
Now, knowing the main characters are a youths of opposite genders, you might immediately think, "love story," but this is not. It is a an adventure novel of politics and magic, and it does raise questions about human nature, but not of that kind. It is written lyrically and beautifully, with a minimally , but intricately wrought, system of magic dependent on the elements. The characters are strong, interesting, and often surprised me. It reminded me a little of Tolkien, but more compelling written. (I don't mean to bash Tolkien there, I just mean his books are not particularly suspenseful. These are, but Neumeier also has a lot of the stateliness of his writing and rich descriptions.) I thoroughly enjoyed the first novel and was eager to read the next.
Land of the Burning Sands
Gereint was enslaved through a geas to pay for his crime, but he has managed to free himself from that harsh burden. Tehre is a brillant philosopher and engineer, so distracted by the equations in her mind that she has trouble focusing on the mundane. When the griffins try to destroy Casmantium, they must push the limits of their abilities to save their country.
Kes is only seen from a distance in this novel (as are the griffins), but Bertaud ends up being Tehre's traveling companion for a good portion of the novel. People have commented this books could stand alone, but I have to stay that having read the first book and knowing Bertaud's character and backgroundmakes this book far richer. The academic Tehre was a really fun character for me, and having fair bit of background with material science from my family, I found myself interested and amused by her ramblings on the subject--but I could easily see people being bored by her bookish tone and the fact you often don't quite get what she is saying. I would say I enjoyed this better than the first book, but only if I suspended my disbelief regarding the love story between Gereint and Tehre--I could not quite believe that her family would happily accept a man who committed a double murder, no matter that is was a crime of passion or that it happened 19 years ago. Also, Tehre forces him to do something using his geas that I think was a REALLY big deal, that Gereint would have been really upset by, but it is pretty much waved off as justified. Also, while this book ends with the two characters essentially pledging eternity to each other, it is definitely not a love story either.
Law of the Broken Earth
This book broke the pattern of the first two books quite a bit and it bothered me. We have Mienthe's perpestive thoughout, Tan's in the first half, and Jos in the second half. It felt like poor planning. Everything from earlier books is resolved, and this is indeed the culmination of the series. However, again, it felt like it had not been planned properly to me. The first two books read like adventure novels and this one was trying to be high fantasy, save-the-world-and-all-that. Still, I did enjoy the writing and the characters. Once again, there are two love stories embedded in the overall plot that did not seem believable to me. I was not convinced that these characters were actually in love with each other--it's like Neumeier skips the part where they fall in love and just busts out full-blown devotion when the moment is right. I feel the book would be better without the love stories because the characters are strong and fun...and having them full in love so superficially does them injustice.
I would say the last book deserves a little less than four stars, but I think the first two are winners.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
good worldbuilding, stories are a bit rough though
By Dinogrrl
The author is extremely talented at worldbuilding, and obviously really loves that world and the characters in it. However, the books are a tad rough around the edges. There are some internal inconsistencies, and pacing is not exactly the author's strong suite. Personally, I'm not keen on the writing style (and there were some blatant editing errors in the editions I read), and I wasn't totally gung-ho about all the main characters, but I still enjoyed all three books. The author's love of her creation won me over! If you want stories with a complex world and griffins, I recommend picking this up.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
How delightful to get all three books in one. Four and hlaf stars, really.
By Lewis B. Hayes
First, I am thoroughly impressed by Rachel Neumeier's character development of the main protagonists. Each is unique, reasonably complex, and behaves in a manner consistent with the characters she gave them. She is equally adept and putting you in the character of the key men as well as the two young women, a really difficult job for an author of any gender. Even the griffins have personalities (griffinalities?) that are complex and interesting. Of course, once you suspend disbelief enough to deal with the existence of griffins and their fiery natures, it becomes a little easier to get drawn in. The secondary characters, in contrast, tend to be painted more one dimensionally to a stereotype rather than a person. It's rather a nit, and after all, they are not the main characters of the book(s).
Second, the three books do seem to be able to stand alone. Of course, as I read them all together in sequence that is a bit difficult to judge, but each has its own main character and plot. There is minimal reliance on antecedent action from one to the next, but having the details from the previous book(s) makes you feel like you're in on the secret. It's difficult to do and Ms. Neumeier pulls it off admirably.
Third, the adventures are fast paced, interesting, and fun to read. There is plenty of suspense, an appropriate number of plot twist and turns, and surprises that really fit well despite their surprise. Then endings of the first two books wrap things up nicely, and while you want more, they don't leave you hanging or wanting some important details resolved.
Fourth are my issues with the last book. While I could wrap my head around the various talents and types of mages in the first two books, I had more of a problem with the ones here. A talent as a "maker" (book 2) or a "legist" seems reasonable, but attributing magical properties to a talent with contracts and laws never seemed to make much sense to me. While this is one of the key premises of the third book, it is such a bizarre concept that I could never grasp it. I also felt that the resolution at the end left me with more questions than answers. I won't reveal the denouement, but I did feel like there needed to be a better explanation of why Tan had exhibited traits to the mages that had them believe that reality was revolving around him. And what was it that made the "book" everybody was looking for so much more than a book? How did that come about? What had been its significance before Tan had looked at it? Why had he been drawn to it? And what's with the spirals?
Anyway, despite some disappointment with the last book, I highly recommend it.
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