Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy, #1)
by:
Kate Elliott (author)
The Wild Hunt is stirring - and the dragons are finally waking from their long sleep...Cat Barahal was the only survivor of the flood that took her parents. Raised by her extended family, she and her cousin, Bee, are unaware of the dangers that threaten them both. Though they are in beginning of...
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The Wild Hunt is stirring - and the dragons are finally waking from their long sleep...Cat Barahal was the only survivor of the flood that took her parents. Raised by her extended family, she and her cousin, Bee, are unaware of the dangers that threaten them both. Though they are in beginning of the Industrial Age, magic - and the power of the Cold Mages - still hold sway.Now, betrayed by her family and forced to marry a powerful Cold Mage, Cat will be drawn into a labyrinth of politics. There she will learn the full ruthlessness of the rule of the Cold Mages. What do the Cold Mages want from her? And who will help Cat in her struggle against them?
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780316080873 (031608087X)
ASIN: 031608087X
Publish date: August 1st 2011
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 582
Edition language: English
Series: Spiritwalker (#1)
Several years ago, I read this author’s Crossroads trilogy, beginning with Spirit Gate. My memory of it is really fuzzy, but I remember it as being a fairly complex story, with multiple points-of-view and storylines. I also remember that I really enjoyed it, and I’ve wanted to try some of her othe...
Kate Elliott wrote a much ballyhooed series called Crown of Stars years ago that I read with hope that it would be a series and new author I would enjoy. Instead, the story just octopused, growing arms and spreading ink into the water of the story so that there were more and more characters and plo...
this took me forever to finish. the story didn't really pick up for me till I was more than halfway through. I am glad I finished though, and may even read the next book
Cold Magic is a story told in first person by Catherine Hassi Barahal aka ‘Cat” who is a university student interested in science and plodding a long in life. Then Andevai, a powerful cold mage comes to the Barahal home demanding to marry the eldest girl in the household. Cat’s aunt and uncle force...
Here, let me save you some time: Chapter 1 to 6 Cat misses her dead father, so she reads his expedition journals. Cat is cold because they can’t afford heat in the big, drafty house. She is hungry because she missed breakfast. Cat is cold when she runs to school because she forgot her coat, the...
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