Sianim Quartet, Book 3
Patricia Briggs
This edition published: 2008
Originally released: November, 1995
ACE Fantasy, mass market, 275p.
ISBN: 978-0-441-00273-3
Slave. Swordwielder. Spy. Some girls have all the luck...
When Rialla was young, slave traders from Darran ambushed her clan, killing all the men and enslaving the women and children. For years, Rialla lived in bondage, until she escaped and fled to the mercenary nation of Sianim.
Now she can strike back at her former masters. A lord in Darran seeks to outlaw slavery—but there are plots to kill him before he can. Rialla is chosen by the Spymaster of Sianim to prevent the murder—and is plunged into a world of deadly magic.
When Rialla was young, slave traders from Darran ambushed her clan, killing all the men and enslaving the women and children. For years, Rialla lived in bondage, until she escaped and fled to the mercenary nation of Sianim.
Now she can strike back at her former masters. A lord in Darran seeks to outlaw slavery—but there are plots to kill him before he can. Rialla is chosen by the Spymaster of Sianim to prevent the murder—and is plunged into a world of deadly magic.
At a glance...
First and foremost, I do love the new cover. The original was a little too much 80's fantasy movie for me, and because of that, I was a little hesitant about purchasing this book. Why? Well, because each time I visited one of the online bookshop I use, all they showed was the old cover. I have the rest of the Quartet in the re-issued covers and I really wanted to have a matching set. But when I couldn't see the new cover, I just ordered it. I'd just have to live with a mis-matched set.
Thankfully when my order arrived on Friday this was the cover that greeted me when I opened the parcel. With it's eye catching colours - and the action pose of model - it made me very eager to start reading this immediately... which I did ;-D
