THE ELDERS:
Name: Raimo
Title: Medicine man
Resides: In the outlands
Characteristics: White hair, scraggly beard, scrawny but surprisingly spry. Likely to insult you.
Magic: Fire and Ice, balanced.
Goal: Wouldn’t you like to know?
Quote: I’d say all of this proves I’m brilliant.
Name: Kauko
Title: Elder, temple physician
Resides: Temple on the rock
Characteristics: Brown eyes, shaven head, strong hands. A patient teacher.
Magic: Fire and Ice, balanced.
Goal: To maintain the power and lineage of the Valtia
Quote: We never know how magic chooses its wielder. We only know it chooses wisely.
Name: Aleksi
Title: Elder
Resides: Temple on the rock
Characteristics: Brown eyes, shaven head, distinctly soft and round. Adept at sensing magic in a wielder.
Magic: Fire and Ice, balanced.
Goal: To protect the priesthood and its mission
Quote: We have no time. What we do have is an obstinate girl too absorbed in her own feelings and desires to wield the magic we need to survive.
Book Summary:
Publication Date: January 5th, 2015
The elders chose Elli to be queen, but they chose wrong in this beautifully crafted novel in the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Victoria Aveyard.
Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful ice and fire magic. Since then, Elli has lived in the temple, surrounded by luxury and tutored by priests, as she prepares for the day when the Valtia perishes and the magic finds a new home in her. Elli is destined to be the most powerful Valtia to ever rule.
But when the queen dies defending the kingdom from invading warriors, the magic doesn’t enter Elli. It’s nowhere to be found.
Disgraced, Elli flees to the outlands, the home of banished criminals—some who would love to see the temple burn with all its priests inside. As she finds her footing in this new world, Elli uncovers devastating new information about the Kupari magic, those who wield it, and the prophecy that foretold her destiny. Torn between the love she has for her people and her growing loyalty to the banished, Elli struggles to understand the true role she was meant to play. But as war looms, she must align with the right side—before the kingdom and its magic are completely destroyed.
Publication Date: January 5th, 2015
The elders chose Elli to be queen, but they chose wrong in this beautifully crafted novel in the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Victoria Aveyard.
Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful ice and fire magic. Since then, Elli has lived in the temple, surrounded by luxury and tutored by priests, as she prepares for the day when the Valtia perishes and the magic finds a new home in her. Elli is destined to be the most powerful Valtia to ever rule.
But when the queen dies defending the kingdom from invading warriors, the magic doesn’t enter Elli. It’s nowhere to be found.
Disgraced, Elli flees to the outlands, the home of banished criminals—some who would love to see the temple burn with all its priests inside. As she finds her footing in this new world, Elli uncovers devastating new information about the Kupari magic, those who wield it, and the prophecy that foretold her destiny. Torn between the love she has for her people and her growing loyalty to the banished, Elli struggles to understand the true role she was meant to play. But as war looms, she must align with the right side—before the kingdom and its magic are completely destroyed.
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Sarah Fine is the author of Of Metal and Wishes, Of Dreams and Rust, The Imposter Queen, and The Guards of the Shadowlands series. She was born on the West Coast, raised in the Midwest, and is now firmly entrenched on the East Coast, where she lives with her husband and two children. When she’s not writing, she’s working as a child psychologist. Visit her at SarahFineBooks.com.
I'd love to be able to control fire! Get my feet and fingers nice and toasty during the winter months :P
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! I've been eyeing this book for a long while!
I'd totally be the Ice Queen! It'd be cool to have both, but I'm not gonna get greedy. This is one of my wish list books, and I freaking love the cover!
ReplyDeleteHmmm...Initially I was going to say Ice, but it seems that when given the opportunity in games, I chose fire. So I will say "FIRE"
ReplyDeleteI will always choose Fire when the choice is between Ice and Fire. Fire melts Ice, and you can burn and destroy your enemies.
ReplyDeleteI will always choose Fire when the choice is between Ice and Fire. Fire melts Ice, and you can burn and destroy your enemies.
ReplyDeleteI will choose water because it's a universal solvent and unlike fire, less destructive.
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