Covenant’s End
Ari Marmell
Pyr, Feb 17 2015, $17.99
ISBN: 9781616149864
After being away from home for just under a year in self-exile, Widdershins
the thief, accompanied by her god Olgun whom no one else worships, begins the
journey back on an eerily empty road to Davillon. In town she expects most, if not all her
friends, to shun her for deserting them.
After sneaking into her hometown, Widdershins
finds out her adversary Lisette also is back. Lisette is much stronger than ever; fueled by
her vendetta against Widdershins and a Faustian
deal she made. Widdershins
quickly realizes her enemy has powerful partners inside the ruling class
and worse the supernatural realm. To
defeat Lisette, she and Olgun desperately need allies; but most of her friends
distrust her and remain angry at her for leaving without them.
The fourth and final fantastic
Widdershins fantasy (see Lost Covenant, Thief's Covenant and False Covenant) brings
the heroine, her god and her antagonist home for an excellent climax that resolves
the major subplots. The protagonist’s
trademark schizophrenic debates with her deity add biting satirical humor
especially when she overhears casual phoniness and transgressions. Readers will relish Widdershins to the rescue
of those who scorn her but wonder who, if anyone besides Olgun, will have her
back.
Harriet Klausner
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