The Healer's Keep [Hardcover]

Victoria Hanley (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up

When the Healer's Keep is attacked by dark forces, Princess Sara and the foreigner Dorjan join forces with the slave girl Maeve and freeman Jasper to defend it.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Something is threatening the legendary Healer's Keep, where students gifted in the healing arts are trained. Will they learn enough in time to keep the darkness at bay? Or will the Shadow King turn their gifts against them and once again walk the world?

"This complex and engrossing companion to The Seer and the Sword can be read independently. Lovers of fantasy will gravitate to its magic, its compelling characters, and its classic struggles between good and evil. Recommend this fine offering to fans of Diana Wynne Jones and David Eddings."—School Library Journal

"Four young people divided by geography, class, and philosophy come together in the dream realm to fight the powers of darkness. . . . The tale works well both as a sequel [to The Seer and the Sword] and on its own. Solid and satisfying."—Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

Victoria Hanley is certified as a Montessori teacher and as a massage therapist. Born in California, she lives in Colorado. Hanley has two young adult children--a son, Emrys, and a daughter, Rose--and a young-at-heart husband, Tim. Hanley's first novel, "The Seer and the Sword", was published in more than a dozen countries around the world. The winner of the Colorado Book Award, the book has also appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age List, the Texas Lone Star Reading List, and the Oklahoma Sequoyah and Utah Master Lists. To learn more about Victoria Hanley, go to her web site: www.victoriahanley.com

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Holiday House; 1st edition (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823417603
• ISBN-13: 978-0823417605
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, November 7, 2002

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NicoBear (Gainesville, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healer's Keep (Hardcover)

I couldn't put this book down. From the first page in the bath house with Maeve I was enthralled. There is wisdom, adventure, suspense and magic. I am reminded of the best of Marion Zimmer Bradley. The characters are rich, vibrant - coming to life in your hands. The story is riveting and leads us along a path of self-discovery; learning to stand up for what you believe in against the tide; doing what is right rather than what is popular; recognizing deception and greed... It is a magical book full of hope.

I loved the Seer and the Sword, and, if possible, this book builds on and goes beyond that wonderful book. Highly, highly recommended. A wonderful read for the young adult, and the young at heart adult!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than Seer and the Sword, November 24, 2003

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Dinah (Tulsa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healer's Keep (Hardcover)

I loved the Seer and the Sword, and have great affection for Landen and Torina. I too would have liked to see a sequel to that book, and Healer's Keep is not a sequel. But I don't let my desire for a sequel blind me to the amazing story told in the Healer's Keep. The plot is extraordinary, and would make a great movie. The characters drive the story. Each of them must choose, at some point, whether to let evil stand or do their part. The choices are very difficult and involve great risks. Jasper is a fine hero because he doesn't think of himself as a hero but he is one. Saravelda must experience all the humiliation of falling in love with the wrong man. Dorjan has to decide whether to go into danger to help his sister.
Also, if you're able to see beneath the surface, this book is full of meaning, spiritual symbolic meaning. There are many layers to this story, and it can be read again and again. Personally, I loved it, and I think it could easily be marketed to adults.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Good Tale, February 18, 2003

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Moniker "fantasyfreak" (Takoma Park, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healer's Keep (Hardcover)

I read this book after I read The Seer and the Sword, and was surprised at how good it was. Most sequals to books that I read aren't always really great, but this one was.

the story was about a group of people, each of whom have something specail, two can travel in dreams, one is the daughter of a seer and the other well, is just really helpful. the characters are really great, and i feel as though I get to know them.

the book is a little confusing because of the traveling in dreams stuff, but all the same I really liked the book.