“Sarah has gifts we cannot train,” the letter whispered to her. As these gifts manifest, an attempt is made on her life. Isabelle Harton will need help from the Elemental Masters, and that means seeking out the man who broke her heart — the Wizard of London.
In this dark and atmospheric rendition of the Cinderella fairy tale, an intelligent young Englishwoman is made into a virtual slave by her evil stepmother. Her only hope of rescue comes in the shape of a scarred World War I pilot of noble blood, whose own powers over the elements are about to be needed more than ever.
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Gates of Sleepby Mercedes Lackey historical fiction, paranormal fantasy in a Kindle edition that was published by DAW Books on March 4, 2003 and has 448 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Audibles. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Unnatural Issue, “The River’s Gift”, Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Foundation, Intrigues, Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit, Owlknight, Charmed Destinies, Changes, Beauty and the Werewolf, Invasion, Home From the Sea, Dead Reckoning, Conspiracies, Bedlam’s Edge, Crown of Vengeance, Redoubt, Harvest Moon, World Divided, Elemental Magic: All New Tales of the Elemental Masters, Sacrifices, Steadfast, Burdens of the Dead, Bastion, Victories, Blood Red, The House of the Four Winds, Games Creatures Play, Closer to Home, Born to Run, Wheels of Fire, When the Bough Breaks, Chrome Circle, Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Arcanum 101, A Tangled Web, Winter Moon, Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Elementary: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters, No True Way: All-New Tales of […]
It’s a case of controlling parents and arranged marriages with twist after curse after betrayal for Aiden Connolly and Theodora O’Toole, as Kennedy Bennett does her best to survive attacks and kidnappings and salvage a quartet of cursed paintings.
He’s old money, and he wants Kennedy to provide all the furniture, antique mind you, for a too-modern office into an employee lounge that can double as a place to entertain clients. Not. It’s a mission of acquisition that will, hopefully, find Kennedy’s kidnapped sisters. And hope the gods don’t interfere.
A brag made in anger finds Rune at risk of death, unless she can keep the Ghost of Skull Hill enthralled. It’s a musical performance that could end in death or the beginning of a whole new life.
Building the towers had doomed the Academia. Killing Candallar now has only made things worse with Bellusdeo and Sedarias contesting for its captaincy. If there were ever a time for Shadow to strike, it’s now, when alliances are fractured and the Tower is vulnerable for the first time in centuries. More than ever, Kaylin needs her friends to work together if they’re going to be able to stop the threat to Elantra.
When Idra, leader of the crack mercenaries known as the Sunhawks, failed to return from a journey to her home kingdom of Rethwellan, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader. Sisters of sword and apell, their fates bound together by a Goddess-sworn oath, they were eternally pledged to fight the forces of evil.
Heralds Mags and Amily’s son Tory must follow in his parents’ footsteps to protect both his family and the realm with the help of the young Prince Kyril.
The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new subseries in the Valdemar universe from Mercedes Lackey.