Charlie is the son of the local duke, but he likes stories more than fencing.
Tress is an ordinary girl with no thirst to see the world. Readers begin to sense just how deeply intertwined the lives of the Tamerlaines are the moment Jack returns home, and they'll quickly realize this is not his story but that of Cadence itself.Ī rich fantasy of bards and bairns in which the magical island setting becomes the main character.Ī fantasy adventure with a sometimes-biting wit. Jack and Adaira are not alone in their fight but are instead surrounded by a bevy of well-rounded kith and kin. Here, Ross has built a fully realized world clearly inspired by Scottish myth and legend and thick with heroes. When a third girl disappears, however, it becomes clear that no spirit is responsible for the east's troubles.
The young bard finds himself torn between his successful career as a music teacher on the mainland and his family-his mother and the younger sister he didn't know he had. The spirits have kidnapped two young girls, and Adaira wants Jack's help to find out why. After making the dangerous journey homeward, however, he learns that it was his childhood rival, the laird's daughter, Adaira, who summoned him. He comes home a decade later, after he receives a letter from the Laird of the East asking him to return.
The Tamerlaines sent Jack away from Cadence when he was just 11 years old, forcing him to leave the magical island he'd always called home and train as a bard at a mundane university. In the east, the Tamerlaines weave magic into objects at a steep cost to their well-being, yet they maintain bountiful relationships with both the land and its spirits. The Breccans in the west can wield magic themselves, but the land is unyielding and the spirits there, hostile. Thanks to a centuries-old curse, the controlling clans of the east and west live in completely different worlds on the Isle of Cadence. A magical island welcomes back its prodigal son in a tale that blends political intrigue with elements of a fantasy thriller.
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