Phoenix In Shadow
Ryk E. Spoor
Baen, May 5 2015, $15.00
ISBN: 9781476780375
The assault left the parents of Evanwyl native Kyri
Vantage dead and even her country’s God Myrionar and the powerful Justiculars
could not identify the assailants. Not
long after that an assassin murdered her brother. Dying Myrionar fails to answer Kyri’s
questions, but vaguely tells her to remain true to her pursuit of the
truth. In the greatest city Zarathan,
now a Justicular Kyri meets Skysand Prince Tobimar Silverun on a quest for his
origin and Poplock Duckweed the mage toad.
The trio teams up to kill her brother’s murderer Thornfalcon, Shrike and
two Raiments (see Phoenix Rising).
Condor informs Aron of the death of Thornfalcon
at the hands of the apparent True Champion and asks for and receives the power
to avenge the person he considered his “father”. At the same time the King of Demons Blackster
empowers Condor, Kyri believes she owes her companions for their assistance on
finding her sibling’s killer. Thus,
hoping the royal’s mission assists her on her hunt for her parents’ killers;
she and Poplock accompany Tobimar Silverun on his quest that takes them through
a path of certain death into a land of lethal monsters.
Whereas the first novel focused on Kyri’s coming of
age plight, Phoenix In Shadow centers more on Tobimar’s
efforts to fulfill the prophecy that exiled him with no chance of going home
until he answers the question while at the same time Condor menacingly
looms. In the fully-developed Spoor
realm starring a super lead trio and some nasty foes, this entry is a
refreshing quest fantasy.
Harriet Klausner
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