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Last Song Before Night Kindle Edition

by Ilana C. Myer (Author)

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A high fantasy following a young woman's defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world's lost magic in Ilana C. Myer's Last Song Before Night.

Her name was Kimbralin Amaristoth: sister to a cruel brother, daughter of a hateful family. But that name she has forsworn, and now she is simply Lin, a musician and lyricist of uncommon ability in a land where women are forbidden to answer such callings-a fugitive who must conceal her identity or risk imprisonment and even death.

On the eve of a great festival, Lin learns that an ancient scourge has returned to the land of Eivar, a pandemic both deadly and unnatural. Its resurgence brings with it the memory of an apocalypse that transformed half a continent. Long ago, magic was everywhere, rising from artistic expression-from song, from verse, from stories. But in Eivar, where poets once wove enchantments from their words and harps, the power was lost. Forbidden experiments in blood divination unleashed the plague that is remembered as the Red Death, killing thousands before it was stopped, and Eivar's connection to the Otherworld from which all enchantment flowed, broken.

The Red Death's return can mean only one thing: someone is spilling innocent blood in order to master dark magic. Now poets who thought only to gain fame for their songs face a challenge much greater: galvanized by Valanir Ocune, greatest Seer of the age, Lin and several others set out to reclaim their legacy and reopen the way to the Otherworld-a quest that will test their deepest desires, imperil their lives, and decide the future.

Length: 417 pages

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File Size: 2150 KB
Print Length: 417 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (September 29, 2015)
Publication Date: September 29, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00V34YJAO
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

A powerful story with deep characters

By Ville V. Kokko on September 29, 2015

Format: Hardcover

Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer is a masterful fantasy story. The plot revolves around bringing lost magic back into the world to counter a supernatural threat — but even more around the fates of the characters, who are so achingly real that the reader has every reason to care about them.

Even before the main conflict is introduced, the story weaves a situation rich in conflict and potential just by introducing the setting and characters. The story starts in the city of Tamryllin in the days before the Midsummer Fair, in which Poets — musicians — compete for the Silver Branch in front of the king and everyone else. A number of characters' fates are deftly tied to this event. But of course there’s a twist. Events take an entirely new turn before even the supposedly pivotal contest. At a ball where the Poets are performing in front of distinguished guests up to the king himself, a surprise performer whose very name causes ripples shows that, magic or no, music can still have a great deal of power, and changes the lives of those present and upsets the political situation with one song.

The beginning of the story is a captivating page-turner of winding threads, set in a fictional city that has its own tangible twilight atmosphere. The pace is steady and eventful, introducing one twist after another, never lagging. However, this is nothing compared to reading the middle for the first time — written with blood from a quickly beating heart, it left me no choice but to read on and on to find out what happened to the characters I already cared so much about, poised on a knife-edge the whole time, not only physically in danger but in spiritual and moral peril as well, with truly everything at stake. This goes on almost to the end and the satisfying conclusion.Read more ›

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Does "art by numbers" still have magic in it?

By Galleywampus on October 8, 2015

Format: Kindle Edition

I love this book. I want you to know that now, because I am going to discuss the synopsis, and some of what I have to say is about how the synopsis is not adequate in describing the novel. And that's okay. There isn't room for a 1,000 word synopsis on the back of the book.

The synopsis to this novel is a little bit misleading, but generally accurate. (That line's a publisher blurb for a book jacket if I've ever seen one. Call me up, I can write these all day). This book is pretty much all of the things noted in the synopsis above, certainly, but it is broader in scope than the blurb suggests.

It is about Lin, a "musician and lyricist of uncommon ability," though the issue isn't technically that women are forbidden to use music; women are de facto disallowed from being Poets and musicians, cut-off from the choice by societal norms, rather than by the law de jure. I think this says a lot more about the society than that it is "illegal" for women to use music. This is a cultural, societal, top-down discrimination. A poet runs the world, but even poets are censored and living half-lives. Play a song that hasn't been approved? You might end up dead.

The novel is also very much about the characters glossed over in the synopsis with the quick phrase "and several others". There are multiple limited third-person perspectives; we are looking not just over Lin's shoulder, but over the shoulders of several other young, creative characters.Read more ›

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

A Captivating Fantasy With Strong Female Characters

By Lauralee on October 20, 2015

Format: Hardcover

Once in the land of Eivar, there was magic everywhere. Poets could use enchantments through their music and songs. However, it all changed when people conducted dark experiments that consisted of blood divination and unleashed a harsh plague. Soon Eivar’s connection to the Otherworld, which was the source of the magic, was broken. Lin, a female musician and poet, where women are forbidden to these arts, embarks with several others on a quest to reopen the Otherworld to bring magic back to the land. Little does she know that this perilous quest will change her land forever.

While this story is told from a variety of characters, the central character in this story is Lin. She disguises herself as a boy, though everyone recognizes her immediately upon seeing her as a girl. She competes in a contest at the capital of Tamyrlin, where she sings and plays her harp. Eventually she voluntarily accompanies Darien, another poet, on a quest to accompany the underworld.

It is through their journey that reveals the pieces of Lin’s past. Even though she is the daughter of one of Eivar’s wealthiest families, she has a cruel past. She is actually in hiding and trying to conceal her identity from her cruel brother. Lin is a sympathetic character. Yet, she is also a very strong character. She is very selfless and does not think of herself. She is also an emotionally distraught character. She is very vulnerable and is also distant from other characters. Slowly, she does open herself up to a few of them.

Overall, this book is about friendship, sacrifice, redemption, choices, love, and acceptance. It is a quest about a woman finding her identity. The message of the book is to live your life to the fullest.Read more ›

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reminded me of Anathem or Mists of Avalon...

I really enjoyed this, it drew me in more than I was expecting (i'm usually more into scifi than fantasy). Read more

Published 15 days ago by jubilee logic

This has made Lin’s decision to abandon her home and travel to the...

Poetry, music and magic combine into a sumptuous symphony in Last Song Before Night, the debut novel from Ilana C Myer. Read more

Published 16 days ago by Jvstin

Lovely writing, but story lost in poorly characterized mess

This was disappointing. I had high expectations based on the many positive reviews I'd read, and based on the sample chapter the writing seemed excellent. Read more

Published 18 days ago by M. K. Curtiss

beautiful.

Warm, surprising, hopeful, beautiful.

Published 27 days ago by Alan D. Abbey

Compelling, vivid, memorable

I just finished reading this wonderful book and am incredibly impressed by this new writer. The characters are memorable, likable, and complex, the story is compelling and takes... Read more

Published 27 days ago by Sarah S. Bronson

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First things first.. I got this from the library, but now will buy it. It is that good.

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Published 1 month ago by RedHerrin

A Sweet Song of Regret and Revenge

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In 'Last Song Before Night' Ilana Myer has composed a novel whose melody of destinies, dark arts, and dangerous loves hides a deeper, more wondrously complex rhythm of identities... Read more

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A thrilling and complex book!

I simply was not prepared enough for the journey that I have just completed. When I started the book, I had no idea of the breadth and scope of the story; of the depth of the... Read more

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