- Hardcover: 273 pages
- Publisher: Five Star (ME); illustrated edition edition (October 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594147078
- ISBN-13: 978-1594147074
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.8 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 481 g
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From Publishers Weekly
Kelso's third installment in the Rihannar Chronicles (after 2007's The Moving Water) has a rich, imaginative storyline, but that vision is blurred by an excess of invented language that tends to distract. Arrogant, irrational Princess Sellithar runs away from home, followed by her unflappable tutor, Kastir. As they encounter numerous strange creatures and characters from earlier in the series, Kastir pits residents of the desert against inhabitants of the farmlands, and the princess must find a way to patch up both the kingdom and her quarrelsome relationship with Zam, a telepathic mage who becomes her paradoxical love interest. While Kelso's invention is tremendous and his love-hate bantering somewhat engaging, his hyper-stylized narrative drags down the fun.
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Fantasy/Romance Crossover, Jan 15 2010
By Thomas C. Vinson "Tom V" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Red Country (Hardcover)
This is the third volume in Kelso's Chronicles of Rihannar, but it can be read stand-alone without getting lost. Here the author definitely crosses over into romance, although the fantasy component is also strong. Sellithar is a young, headstrong princess who loathes the formality of the king's court of Everran. Her life begins to change when she persuades her father to take on a foreigner as her tutor.The Red Country of the title is based on the Red Centre of Australia. Finding a world populated with goannas, kangaroos and wagtails is a refreshing change from the euro-centric fauna of so many fantasies. After her father dies, Sellithar's attempts at maintaining her country's independence amid its larger neighbors come to nothing. In desperation she heads out into the desert, following a dream about an ancient king of Everran who made the same journey in search of aid. The red country, and the twin wizards who are its protectors, complicate her life even further.
If you are put off by the romance genre or made-up fantasy languages you shouldn't start reading Kelso with this volume. And occasionally I almost expected one of her mentors to address Sellithar as "grasshopper" [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_(TV_series)]. But the romantic tension is generally well-handled, and the way it developed even surprised me a few times. The mentor's guiding philosophy adds to the tension; conflicts are acknowledged and must be wrestled with.
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