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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780886776282
ISBN: 0886776287
Label: DAW
Manufacturer: DAW
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: December 01, 1994
Publisher: DAW
Sales Rank: 252087
Studio: DAW
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Renouncing her royal heritage in order to pursue her gifts as a Bardic caller of elemental spirits, Princess Annice is forced to flee from her own people when she rescues the father of her child from an unwarranted death sentence. Original.
Average Rating: 
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Yes, this is a fantasy story. It is a very excellent fantasy story. It has magic and betrayal and family turmoil. Oh, did I mention that the heroine is pregnant almost the entire book and basically marches (waddles) across the land to save her country ( between bathroom breaks )and clear the name of her babies father whom she doesn't get along with. This story is not like any other and was a shear delight to read. There are some great reminders in this book why it is not wise to mess with a mother ... Read More
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"Sing the Four Quarters" is pretty interesting as fantasy novels go. I don't means in terms of plot, because basically it concerns a cross country trek and several anti-climatic battle scenes, but because of the world it is set in. It's a fairly standard medieval world with several changes. One is that there are these little elemental spirits called the kigh can talk to certain people, who are the countries bards (the spirits respond to music.) The other, is that although some of the country is essentially ... Read More
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This a readable fantasy novel, but one which is lacking in any complex human emotions. The main conflict of the story is quickly resolved, with little resistance on either side, and turns out anyway to have been little more than a misunderstanding. The protagonist's two lovers feel no jealousy of each other, and she seems to feel no particular passion for either of them (despite the rather juvenile banter between herself and the father of her child), nor any conflict about her relationships with them. Two of ... Read More
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The book is like new from the publisher. I read it in like 2 days. It completes my collection of this series. Thanks.
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Annice was born knowing that she was meant to be something other than the Queen her family was raising her to be. When her father lay on his deathbed she asked for only one boon, and that was to be allowed to train and study with the bards. From this point on her life was lived divided from all that she had grown up with. Her family disowned her, and her brother put her under penalty of death if she ever bore a child.
Annice has not only the power to call the kigh, ethereal spirits only visible to ... Read More
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