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4.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting Fantasy Read, February 2, 2006
This review is from: Sorceress of Faith (The Summoning, Book 2) (Paperback)
While not as good as GUARDIAN OF HONOR this book still gives us a good read and more depth into the world of Amee. The first 3/4 of the book are kind of slow but the last 1/4 is exciting and full of the wonder and amazing detail you expect from a Robin Owens book.
Marian Harasta is a professional student. She constantly takes one course after another. Marian has never felt complete or secure in her life. Her mother is a domineering type and her brother, who is the one person she loves, has a very bad type of MS. Marian is somewhat involved in the new age movement and when one of her gurus suggest she do a moon ritual on the night of the full moon, she does.
Therefore she arrives in the Temple Ward where she is surrounded by the marshalls. Suddenly not 1 or 2 but 3 sorcerers arrive to claim her. As Jaquar,Chalmon and Venetria argue over who will be her teacher, Bossgond arrives and claims Marian as his Apprentice. Quickly he catches her away to his tower and begins her lessons.
Jaquar Dumont is only slightly less powerful than Bossgond, and he was determined to get her and use her and her powers to defeat the dark nest of evil he has found on a lower dimensional level. The sangvile who escaped there killed both his parents and he is full of anger and rage.
The other two sorcerers are just afraid that more sangviles will be released before something can be done about the evil in the nest. Jaquar had a plan to grab Marian and send her against the nest even if she were not ready. Even if it cost her life. HOwever, once Jaquar comes to know Marian they have a bond and he knows he could never let anything hurt her.
Marian is determined to return to Earth, she is hoping to learn something on Amee that will help to heal her brother, Andrew. As a matter of fact you get quite tired of her whinning about going back to Earth. But she learns very quickly and soon has almost reached the highest level of Sorcerer.
Alexa and Bastian are there to help her along as well as Sinafin, the feycoocu. Marian had lost her hamster Tuck in the dimensional corrider and Sinafin shows her where to find him and gives her an atom ball shaped like a walnut to feed him. Thus we are treated to the making and growing of a feycoocu.
When Marian is abducted and forced to the dark nest by the other sorcerers she is saved by the coming togather of all the powerful beings on Amee. Marshalls, Sorcerers, feycoocus, and all their apprentices, finally have to learn to work togather.Because now the Dark Master knows about them and he is going to destroy them all.
As I said the first part sets up the last part, but I certainly wouldn't have missed this book.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Even better than the first!!, February 5, 2006
This review is from: Sorceress of Faith (The Summoning, Book 2) (Paperback)
What a joy it was to return to the world of Lladrana and the Exotiques! Marian Harasta is a graduate student in Comparative Religion and Philosophy who dabbles with New Age beliefs. She is devoted to her brother, Andrew, who has MS while her relationship with her mother, Candace, is fractured at best (Candace even insists that Andrew and Marian not call her mother). So when Marian is summoned by the Marshalls for the Tower community, it is with mixed feelings that she discovers she is a Weather Sorceress. In Lladrana, Marian is an Exotique and therefore a valued and treasured member of the planet Amee. She has been summoned to fight the Dark that is attacking Lladrana with various horrid monsters (including one that sucks the power out of the person until they are nothing but dust!). First, however, she must be trained. She begins her training with the most powerful Circlet, Bossgond, although she feels a strong attraction to Circlet Jaquar. She quickly meets Swordmarshall Alexa, another Exotique whose story was told in GUARDIAN OF HONOR. In addition, Marian's pet hamster, Tuck, is gifted with the ability to speak, adding many heartwarming and comic scenes to the book. Marian is at heart a scholar so she quickly progresses from Apprentice to a Fifth Degree Circlet as she completes her training with Jaquar, who is gifted with weather magic as well. However, Jaquar has hidden his reasons for wanting her summoned and it destroys their Song when she is betrayed by the Tower community and sent into the nest to fight the Dark. Luckily, the feycoocu, Sinafin, has already taught her what she needs to know in order to escape- with the assistance of the Marshalls. Marian goes back to Earth and returns to Lladrana with Andrew. I won't spoil the conclusion of the novel but will say that I enjoyed every single minute of this book and did not want for it to end! I, for one, will be eagerly waiting for the next installment in the series.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sorceress of Faith, February 9, 2006
This review is from: Sorceress of Faith (The Summoning, Book 2) (Paperback)
On Earth, or Terre, Marian Harasta performs a ritual, seeking answers for her life; and at the same moment, a Summoning spell is invoked on Llandrana as the Sorcerers attempt to draw their own Exotique to their world to help battle the dark. As a result, Marian lands in their world and is almost immediately handed over to a cranky, reclusive Sorcerer to receive instruction in how to use the considerable power she never realized she had until now. Marian may find this new land fascinating, and beautiful, but she feels her ties to Earth still pulling on her. The longing for a relationship with her mother is one, the need to cure her brother's debilitating disease another. Yet, she has come to love this new world, and a man in it. Lladrana might have a cure, but first, she must battle the darkness.
***** Lladrana is a world that is a joy to visit. Ms. Owens has peopled it with memorable character who spring to life and make you care about their fates. Hamster sales might go through the ceiling after readers meet Tuck, Marian's charming companion, and of course, old friends from Guardian of Honor play important roles in this book. If you've wondered how Alexa, Bastien, and Sinafin are doing, you'll get to see them once more. If you missed reading that book, it's not essential to have done so to follow what happens here, but you'll be missing a real treat, so be sure you do asap. *****
Amanda Killgore
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