When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For a witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. But what happens when the doppelganger survives? This debut is an original adventure fantasy about a young witch who must kill her twin in order to survive. Original.
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"A startlingly original take on magic and its price - fast, entertaining, and full of new twists." -- --Rachel Caine, author of Ill Wind
"Brennan’s debut novel has assassins, witches, brawls, magic, and a terrible dilemma, all served up with a dramatic edge." -- --Kate Elliot, author of In The Ruins
"Everything I look for in a Fantasy -- good characters, action, originality, and a plot that keeps you turning pages." -- --Dave Duncan, author of The Jaguar Knights
"Brennan’s debut novel has assassins, witches, brawls, magic, and a terrible dilemma, all served up with a dramatic edge." -- --Kate Elliot, author of In The Ruins
"Everything I look for in a Fantasy -- good characters, action, originality, and a plot that keeps you turning pages." -- --Dave Duncan, author of The Jaguar Knights
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Marie Brennan has been writing since she could walk. She wrote this book when she was 19 years old and she's now in graduate school working on a PhD in anthropology and folklore.
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49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
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Great new twist on the world of witches and magic....,
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Marie Brennan has created a new twist on the world of magic. Miryo is a young witch who goes through her testing to obtain her powers with magic only to find out that she can't use those powers until she kills her doppelganger. Apparently, all witches born are split in two at birth- one is the doppelganger and one is the witch. Generally, the doppelganger is killed at birth but because Miryo's doppelganger obtained a soul (by being exposed to starlight), her doppelganger can only be killed by Miryo herself. Miryo is therefore told that if she ever wants to use her magic (which now calls to her and is difficult to restrain from using), she must kill her doppelganger. Meanwhile, the doppelganger, Mirage, has become a Hunter and accepted a commission to find the murderer of the witch, Tari. Sha and her partner in the commission, Eclipse, become suspicious that other witches are behind Tari's death. Mirage and Miryo meet and both are unable mentally to kill the other so instead they begin searching for a way to set things right. The story is very complex but well worth reading. The glossary at the end is helpful with keeping up with the characters and the terminology of the world. It is particularly useful for understanding the structure and hierarchy of the witches in this world. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next in the series. Highly recommended!
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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A Solid Beginning...,
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When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. The mother normally kills the doppelganger on the fifth night during a ritual. The witch cannot master her powers until the twin is dead. Everyone knows this. Everyone accepts this.
When Miryo became a full witch, she was unable to use her magic. She must search the world to find her doppelganger, that has somehow survived, and kill it. Until then, Miryo must resist using her powers or they will kill her. But with each hour that passes it gets harder to keep from using those powers. Soon Miryo will be unable to resist. Miryo has another problem plaguing her mind too. Since the doppelganger has lived twenty-five years, will it still be a shell without a soul? And if it does have a soul, can Miryo bring herself to kill her twin? Mirage is a bounty hunter. She lives by her wits and lethal fighting skills. This mission she must work with another hunter, Eclipse. This is not too difficult since she knows him well and they have worked together before. But this mission is a rare one. To accept it, Mirage and Eclipse must give a blood oath. They either succeed in the mission or die. Their task is to find out who assassinated Tari-nakana, a witch that was high in her Fire Order. After killing the person who did the deed, they must also go after the one who ordered it done. Sounds simple, but nothing is simple when it involves witches. **** Hard to believe that this is Marie Brennan's debut novel. The author has crafted a divine world of magic and warriors. She gives just enough information to make it real. This could easily evolve into a wonderful series. Recommended. **** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Doppelgang-ed,
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I finished Doppelganger in just over a day. The last novel I devoured as voraciously was Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys.
This is a tight, exciting, tension-packed novel with pacing that forces a reader to plod ever onward. The cultures are well-formed, especially the witches and the Go Rin No Sho-style 5-elemental cosmology, along with other Japanese-influenced cultural bits like the many honorifics, which sent me into pleasantly twitchy flashbacks of my Japanese classes in high school. The magic is evocative and complex without being overinvolved, weaving the elemental cosmology in with song. Magic's cosmological implications play an important part in the novel, to satisfying effects. The fight scenes rock all over the place. The fights are exciting, clear, and most of all, I can easily visualize them in my mind. Some novels, the fights come up in my mind's eye as an abstraction, whereas in Doppelganger, I could go shot-to-shot in my imagination. My only regret is that Warrior and Witch (the sequel) doesn't come out for another half-a-year. Marie Brennan is well on her way to becoming a name in the fantasy genre. So, if you haven't already, go and find yourself a copy.
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