5.0 out of 5 stars
Very highly recommended, January 17, 2002
This review is from: The Windhealer (Paperback)
For more than six years, Prince Conar McGregor has been banished to the Labyrinth to live the remaining of his existence. His country, his family and his beloved wife believe him dead, the victim of the cruel and sadistic Kaileel Tohre, leader of the Dominion. Conar had fallen the evil sorcerer's clutches as a child, and when he refused the twisted love of Tohre, became the victim of revenge.
In the Labyrinth, Conar's enemies treat him as a non-person, refusing to acknowledge his existence as a human being even as they inflict cruel punishments. Conar's sanity hangs by a thread. Yet he is surrounded by men who love him; those who are loyal and would follow him through the depths of hell. But Conar will learn the worst of prisons are not physical places, the one ones within that torture with memories of love lost.
Destiny still calls to Conar and his men. The tortures he has endured have honed him into a survivor. Conar will become a Raven that rises from the ashes to destroy the forces of evil that control his former kingdom. The loyalty of Conar's men, and his willingness to endure the ultimate of cruelties to prevent harm to those he loves makes Conar McGregor, the Raven, a hero of epic proportions.
Love is also Conar's deepest weakness, for fleeing love leads him to the worst of choices, and the darkest of destinies. His men will become the WindForce, a group of highly trained warriors that will lead others in their cause. But even they are not aware of the curse the Black Ascendancy will bring to the realms as the Dominion weakens under Tohre's rule.
Author Charlotte Boyett-Compo weaves a tale of destiny and survival in WINDHEALER. Boyett-Compo has a remarkable gift for exposing the darkest of motivations and the worst of cruelties, and for pushing her heroes and heroines to their limits and beyond. Her tale at once fascinates and repels as she weaves a web of deceit, abuse and love. Fans of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series will revel the complexity and challenges of Boyett-Compo's WindLegends. Dark fantasy fans that have not yet begun this series have missed something haunting and absolutely memorable. Very highly recommended.
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