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The Pain Merchants - Community Reviews back

by Janice Hardy
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Mercenary Reading
Mercenary Reading rated it 15 years ago
Excellent read. A dark and intriguing world, especially in regards to the healing magic and pain and how it works and is interwoven into the society; I didn't quite connect to the characters, but they were nicely drawn and I think this is purely a matter of personal taste, and the only thing that st...
MiriamReads
MiriamReads rated it 15 years ago
Nya lives in an occupied city-state, struggling with odd jobs to make ends meet and trying to avoid the occupying soldiers. Her sister, Tali, is managing it easier; there are always jobs at the Healer’s League for a powerful Healer, gifted with the ability to both heal and draw pain from people and ...
attempting obscurity
attempting obscurity rated it 15 years ago
Well written, good pacing and great concept. The idea of magical healing is prevalent in fantasy, but it's generally presented as mostly harmless to the healer and finite in nature relative to the healers ability. Conventionally, the harm to the healer is understood to come from the magical drain ...
Author Beth Revis
Author Beth Revis rated it 15 years ago
Just brilliant.Really.One of the best fantasies I've read in a loooooooooooong time.
Miss Clark
Miss Clark rated it 15 years ago
Nya is a fifteen year old girl from a family of Healers, individuals with the ability to take another's pain and pour it into a rare and precious type of stone, pynvium. But Nya's gift is flawed - she can take away the pain, but cannot push it into the pynvium, but only into another person. This cur...
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