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Eliseth, the coldly ambitious Mage who has been Aurian's nemesis since her first days in Nexis, has captured both the Sword of Flame and Anvar, Aurian's soulmate. Now, Aurian and a few allies travel into an uncertain future. Knowing she must defeat Eliseth, who controls the Cauldron of Rebirth, without destroying the world, Aurian is faced by many dilemmas before she finally reaches the ancient Dragon City of Dhiammara. There, in the home of the extinct fire lizards, a final conflict will take place, in which Aurian must triumph or die.
DHIAMMARA is the fourth and final volume of Maggie Furey’s bestselling Artefacts of Power fantasy series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A tad disappointing.,
By Stephanie Noverraz "crooty" (Lausanne, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dhiamarra (Paperback)
This is the fourth and final book in The Artefacts of Power tetralogy (following Aurian, Harp of Winds and The Sword of Flame).After failing to make the terrible sacrifice that would have allowed her to claim the Sword of Flame, Aurian and some of her friends find themselves trapped in a time breach. They reappear some eight years later, only to discover nothing but chaos and destruction. Indeed, not only did her failure release the evil-minded Phaerie who, wasting no time, immediately started ransacking Nexis and raping its inhabitants, sowing terror upon the city, but in the meantime Eliseth has also stolen the Cauldron of Rebirth from Miathan and is about to take the last steps that will finally allow her to quench her thirst for absolute power. Aurian has to stop her at any cost if she wants to save the world and the people she loves. Mustering her troops, she embarks on yet another journey to the Southern Kingdoms, towards the final confrontation. Even though I was glad to read more about loveable characters such as Grince the young thief, Chiamh the Xandim Windeye or Shia the great cat, I was quite disappointed by Anvar's almost complete absence from this volume, for he was my favourite. The idea of time travel was quite unexpected too, and even though it was interesting to find out what Hargorn and Hebba, or Zanna, Dulsina and the Nightrunners had become in the eight years that had passed, this device didn't serve any other useful purpose and might have been more thouroughly explored, used to more enriching ends. Although I can say I liked Dhiammara as a whole, I also found this volume somewhat messy and rather grim. Too many things happen and it seems that too many subplots have to be solved. And a fairly high number of people die in bloodshed too. Most of all, I found it was a tad insipid and lacked the suspenseful action of Harp of Winds or The Sword of Flame, and finally the end wasn't very spectacular either. Shame, it looked so promising...
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Fair Ending to a Series I Will Miss....,
By Becky Lee (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dhiammara (Mass Market Paperback)
Without giving away too much info (as happened when I read other people's reviews from this site before I bought this book...) I just want to say that the last book in the Aurian series is an obvious Must-Read, if you are a true fan of Aurian and her comrades. It is fast-paced, which is true to Maggie's style, however she seems to have outdid herself. So many plots are going on in the beginning that she spends over half the book explaining them, then seems to have run out of time with the contractors and had to finish up everything within about 20 pages or less. It's a little frustrating. And she kills off about half of the main characters, even some new ones you're sure to like- that is until she kills them. All in all, she must have had a contract set for only four books, because she could have gotten two out of Dhiammara. I just hope that someday she'll be able to bring us back to the land where Aurian and her kind live- maybe with a new series involving a grown Wolf, his Uncle, and the new cats.
4.0 out of 5 stars
rushed,
This review is from: Dhiammara (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought that the book was another excellent piece of work by Maggie Furey, although towards the last third of the book I got the impression that she was trying to cram another two books of information into 120 pages. I am eagerly awainting the next books in the series as she left a lot of things open at the end. But despite that it was a great book which I would highly recommend along with the rest of the series.
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