Seeds of Fire [Paperback]

Karin Kallmaker (Author), Laura Adams (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tunnel of Light Trilogy | Publication Date: September 15, 2002

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER in their dreams. Autumn Bradley used the magic in her hands to save Ursula Columbine from the darkness that hunts for her. They have only met in dreams of a dark turbulent past, and the Ursula in Autumn's arms doesn't recognize her. Autumn only knows that it is up to her to hide the defenseless Ursula. Darkness searches for them. Light hunts for them as well. Their nightmares are only beginning.

HER HEART KNOWS only a curse.

Darkness has spilled into Kelly Dove's life. She will use all her strength, no matter the cost to anyone, for what her dreams seem to promise: Ursula hers again. Her dreams demand secrets she scarcely knows she possesses, but she will give them up and all she can learn -- past and future -- for love and vengeance.

THE BATTLE LINES are drawn among themselves.

Taylor St. Claire risked faith and spirit to save Ursula but failed. No longer cleric, no longer priestess, Taylor's bitterness threatens to consume her completely. From the ancient music that haunts them all comes a clue in the search for Ursula, and Kelly seems only too eager to help. But the face of Ursula's captor is not the woman Taylor expects.

IN THEIR DREAMS, no one is who they seem.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Finalist for best Fantasy novel of 2002 -- Lambda Literary Foundation, May 2003

Sleight of Hand (Book 1)...all the Kallmaker trademarks are there: strong characters, haunting plot, brilliant atmosphere, unbearable suspense... -- Lambda Book Report, February 2002

You will ache for the characters to have lived and loved this way... -- Voices, November, 2001

From the Publisher

Book 2 in the Tunnel of Light Trilogy continues the journey begun in Sleight of Hand.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Bella Books (September 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931513198
• ISBN-13: 978-1931513197
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,407,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a fantastic story!, February 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Seeds of Fire (Paperback)

It's almost always true that second books or trilogies are never as good as the first or third, but Laura Adams has broken that rule -- along with a bunch of others in writing this "lesbian" fantasy story.

Where are the weakly-developed characters, the vanilla plots, the good and true goddess loving women who overcome everything by the power of love? Or who solve all their problems by being wizards of technology and science? Not in this book!

The Tunnel of Light Triology features women who are strongly developed, deeply flawed, plagued by their darker impulses and not at all sure that love will help them overcome an evil that has hunted them for 1500 years. As they live out the patterns of pursuers and pursued, of lovers and enemies and seekers and finders, they lose memories of their past knowledge and awareness of where their moral lines must be drawn to survive.

This is a great series with a full range of human emotion -- not just what lesbians are "supposed" to feel. These women can hate each other, and hurt each other, and love each other -- sometimes in ways so erotic that this easily qualifies as romance.

If you like fantasy, lesbian, gay, straight or otherwise, you will like this triology and this middle book. Laura Adams (an alter ego of Karin Kallmaker) must be doing something right -- unlike book 1, this middle book has been nominated for a Lammy Award. Like the rest of her readers, I am on the edge of my seat for book 3.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Read -- When do I get the next one?, October 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Seeds of Fire (Paperback)

I thought this was a wonderful book -- this is a truly magnificent trilogy!

But, I'm mostly writing my remarks because I noted another person posted a "review" before the book was actually out. Since the person claims it was recommended, that means a lot of folks are apparently reading books before they are actually published -- something I don't believe is possible to such an extent.

If you're even reading this note, get the book! It's great -- you'll love it! After all, there's a reason Karin Kallmaker is known as "The Undisputed Mistress of Lesbian Romance!"

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and thoughtful! A Great Read!, September 13, 2002

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Aunt Charlie (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seeds of Fire (Paperback)

I don't know what book the reader from Wilmington, De., was reading, but it doesn't sound like the same book that I read! Seeds of Fire is a fast moving, engrossing story that goes places I would never have expected to be taken. It's peopled with three dimensional characters -- intelligent women with wit and heart -- who must deal with their own weaknesses as well as injustices fate and villains have dealt them. Like her other stories, Seeds of Fire plays with magical elements in thoughtful, interesting, and often touching ways. I've read all the books that Karin Kallmaker has written under the Adams pen name and think they are some of the best lesbian fantasy stories around! Adams creates worlds just slightly different from our "ordinary every day" and in addition to entertaining, she often prompts me to think about things like the nature of time, the soul, good and evil, reincarnation and the power of the love. I can't wait for the third book in the Tunnel of Light trilogy!