A regular visitor to the Hawks catches Corporal Kaylin Neya’s interest with her talk of ghosts who are worried about Corporal Handred’s Barrani weapon. But when Kaylin investigates, something doesn’t add up. A past many Barrani don’t want uncovered . . .
Severn Handred is in pursuit of information about his past, his family, and he must undertake a fraught journey to the West March, In danger once he’s outside Imperial law, he and a Barrani friend are up against a community of immortals who will die and kill to keep their secrets.
The Emperor’s Wolves is a prequel spin-off from the bestselling world of The Chronicles of Elantra, broadening this beloved fantasy world with another action-packed tale of intrigue and magic.
Those threats from the Consort against the cohort find Kaylin retracting her dinner invitation. Not that it does any good, for the Consort intends to free the trapped and end the Barrani torment.
At the heart of a political firestorm, Annarion intends to undertake the Test of Name, and the rest of the cohort insist on going with. They almost caused the destruction of the High Halls once already.
Sentient Towers guard the world against Shadow lest all of Elantra be devoured. But a gray zone exists where the rules are different, and Kaylin must face all new dangers from a far distant past.
One assassination attempt after another has Kaylin up in arms…and Moran up in flight, as both battle the politics and ancient magics of their world.
A strange triple murder embroils Kaylin in a case even as Mandoran and Annarion struggle with themselves and Lord Nightshade goes missing.
Although Kaylin has back in one piece from the West March, she’s fraying under life in the Imperial Palace, a dragon roommate, and now Castle Nightshade’s latent magic is waking.
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Cast in Sorrowby Michelle Sagara fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by Harlequin Luna on August 27, 2013 and has 478 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Harvest Moon, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret, Cast in Silence, Cast in Fury, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril, Cast in Flame, Cast in Honor, Cast in Flight, Cast in Wisdom, Cast in Deception, Cast in Oblivion, The Emperor’s Wolves, Sword and Shadow, Cast in EternityNinth in the Chronicles of Elantra fantasy series for Young Adults and revolving around Private Kaylin Neya. This is a complex story with lots of ins and outs. I would seriously recommend starting this series from the beginning with the prequel in Mercedes Lackey’s Harvest Moon: “Cast in Moonlight“, 0.5. My Take It’s the most incredible world that Sagara has created. I’ve never read anything like it, and I’m wanting to re-read it already. It’s magic with what […]