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Title:Soprano Sorceress Author: L.E.Modesitt Jr. Format: Mass Market |
Very few fantasy stories try to do something new with the main character. Most of them tend to be busty, young females or brawny, young males. In this first of five book series, Modesitt changes all that. The book starts with a 42 year old woman, divorced mother of three. Anna has just lost one of her children, and is trying to hold herself together. She is a community college chorus teacher, and has a decent voice. Just as she has gotten herself fixed up to go sing for a charity event at her school, her bra and dress decide not to cooperate with each other and her, and she says the fateful words “I wish I was anywhere but here.” She goes from a impending rainstorm to dry heat. She finds that indeed she is somewhere else. Where she is now loved and feared for her voice, a voice like fire, the voice of a sorceress. Her new world looks to her to save them from not only each other but the never ending drought. But Anna can not let go of her old world, the world her children are still in. This is much more of a political and emotional story then it is a fantasy. For those that don’t like all of the dragons and fire casting mages, this is a wonderful series. Also if you are a big fan of the Song of Fire and Ice series by George R. R. Martin, then you will like this series.
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