Flames of Mira
Book One of the Riftwalker Series
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
Magic and redemption in a world of fire and ice.
Among boiling volcanoes under Mira's frozen lands, people like Ig are forced to undergo life-threatening trials that bind chemical elements to the human body. One of Mira's most powerful elementals, Ig serves as an enforcer for Magnate Sorrelo Adriann, but is cursed with flesh binding magic that will kill him at the first sign of disobedience.
When Sorrelo is overthrown, Ig quickly learns he can do far worse than what has been asked of him so far. If he can't escape the flesh binding in time, he will have to kill friend and foe alike to stop his master reclaiming the throne, or sacrifice himself trying.
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Harmon debuts and launches his Rift Walker fantasy series with a relentlessly violent tale of political upheaval and familial betrayal. The ice-crusted world of Mira is ruled by a sadistic Sovereign and divided into often warring Territories where inhabitants live in dismal cities built into sinkholes. Ig, an elemental, is an enforcer for paranoid Magnate Sorrelo and under flesh binding magic to obey his every demand. But Sorrelo's domination of the Augustin territory is shaken by an impending coup led by the Listener Olevic. When Sorrelo dies fleeing the city, his three teenage children, Emil, Sara, and Efadora, undertake separate, involved missions to return to Augustin and avenge his death. Though Ig yearns for his freedom, he's loyal to Emil and Sara, the latter of whom inherits her father's power over Ig, forcing him into vicious acts. Harmon inflates the resulting overblown quest narrative with grotesque local color and interminable scenes of killing and torture. The sheer amount of bloodlust here leaves little time for character development, making for shallow protagonists who often speak in platitudes. It's an unpleasant excursion into a hostile world.
