"Spellbinding adult fairy tale"
Her missionary parents send their twelve year old daughter
from the Congo to England to attend the Harton School for
Boys and Girls. Sarah Jane Lyon-White doesn't command
Elemental Magic like her parents so she must learn from
Isabelle Harton how to use her Talent (psychic powers). The
mistress of the school, hers husband and several students
are talents that must have a teacher to guide them when
their power manifest themselves. Sarah shows signs of being a telepath but at a séance she
exposes a fake medium while a spirit possesses her to
communicate with another attendee. Sarah's untrained medium
skills come to the attention of an Elemental Master who
doesn't want the girl to discover the mage is using dead
children as revenants. The killer sets a trap but Sarah and
her allies defeat the haunt. Isabelle wants to know who is
after her charge and she starts asking questions of the
Elemental Masters. Her queries bring her to the attention
of Elemental Master Lord David Alderscroft, who loved
Isabelle before he came under the influence of Lady
Cordelia. He then dumped Isabelle and anyone who couldn't
be useful to him. His cold heart endangers England and if
Isabelle and her friends can't show that he is heading down
a dark cold path, it will lead to tragedy for the entire
English Empire. Book Four of the Elemental Masters is a magical,
spellbinding adult fairy tale. The fabulous fantasy
contains the wicked witch, a beautiful queen, her adoring
court and a prince who needs to learn how to feel again
instead of always manipulating people for his own goals.
Mercedes Lackey never fails to write a book that will
please her myriad of fans and her latest magical storyline
and well developed characters will send readers into
euphoria. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 15, 2005
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 24, 2007
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