New Moon: Book One of the Oran Trilogy (Paperback)

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Two hundred years ago, the Fire Queen destroyed her rival queens of Earth, Air, and Water in the fateful Burning and took power over Oran. No child with a trace of the elemental magic was alloved to live. Years later, the country still trembles under her oppression. But now there are rumors of hope. Four young women escaped—four who have the powers of Earth, Fire, Water, and Air—and are even now finding each other. At the same time, a ragtag army of artists and singers, orphans and vagrants, thieves and knifewielders is stealing into the city. Their sign is the bloodred, blade-thin New Moon . . .

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Firebird (June 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0142403490
• ISBN-13: 978-0142403495
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #307,562 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic series... definitly worth the search, October 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: New Moon (The Queens' Quarter, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

I happened to be lucky enough to pick up the other 2 books in the New Moon trilogy; all in all, it has to be one of the best series I've ever read. Likeable characters, marvelous descriptions that bring the setting to life... everything anyone could ask for. It's just unfortunate that you have to search hard to find this first one... you can read the other 2 without reading "New Moon" first, but I recommend searching for it, as it gives some of the background that is only touched upon in the other 2.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, pity about availability, September 7, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: New Moon (The Queens' Quarter, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is by far one of the better fantasy books that I have read in a long, long time. It contained everything one could ever want in a fantasy novel - mystery, suspense, intrigue, magic, and a bit of that 'something else' that makes it so special. The only problem i have with it is that it is so difficult to find, as are its sequels. The characters of the novel are endearing and one quickly grows fond of them. All in all, a brilliant book

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting start to a promising series, June 16, 2006

By	guitarchick24 (USA) - See all my reviews

"New Moon" was a very good start to what promises to be a great trilogy. The book opens the trilogy with the many plots being hatched in the country of Oran due to the misrule and oppression of its queen. Two hundred years ago, the queen, part of a quartet of queens who each ruled an element (Air, Water, Earth or Fire), upset the balance of magic and power in the city by killing her sister queens.

Now, common laborers and nobles are uniting in an underground movement called New Moon, with the thought to take back the city of Beldan (which I am guessing is the capitol, since the queen lives there). But there's more than just that going on. While New Moon gains followers, two girls meet randomly who could play a part in bringing balance back to the magic of the city.

This book is full of nonstop action. Characterization is shown through action over internal dialogue (although there is a little bit of that).

I picked this book up as the reissue edition. I don't know what the out-of-print version was like, but I hope it had better editing than the reissue. Hence the four star mark - there were so many editing flaws that it interrupted the flow of the story.

The other thing I found off kilter about this book was where I had found it in the bookstore - the young adult section. Based on language alone, I would probably shelve this in the adult fantasy section.

Other than that, a solid read and I am looking forward to the second book in the series.