"Fine epic fantasy"
The free People of the Shield of the Sky are all women, a
self-sustaining community that only uses males to get
pregnant so their community will have fresh blood. The
chosen that are selected mate with the Aliuri,
shapeshifters that are children of the Deva spirits of the
sky, water, and earth. Rhena was not called but went up to
the mountain anyway where a shapeshifter permanently
scarred her cheek. When Rhena came down from the mountain
she was sent into exile until the powers of the Aliuri
weakens and many of the Devas disappear, leaving the Free
People without any protection. Rhena is recalled and assigned to find out what happened to
the Devas and the Aliuri. Along the way she meets the seer
Tahvo and she rescues the Aliori Cian. They cross paths
with Qustis; together they make Four, a fighting unit that
travels to Karchedon, the heart of the evil Arrihidaean
Empire where the worship of the Stone is at its strongest.
Each member of the quartet has a different reason to go to
Karchedon but when they arrive they ??discover?? it is
their destiny to destroy the evil entity that is in the
stone which seeks to bring all mankind under its domination. SHIELD OF THE SKY is epic fantasy unlike other works this
author has written as the shapeshifting romances that made
Susan Krinard is only a small start of this work. Four
individuals are on a quest to destroy the stone and bring
down the empire; although they doubt their worthiness, all
of them agree to play their part even if it means their
death. Character driven but with plenty of action scenes,
this romantic fantasy will give the reader hours of
enjoyable pleasure. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 24, 2004
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted December 31, 2006
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