Journal Entry 1 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Sunday, May 21, 2006

Tir Alainn trilogy, book 1

From the back cover:
The youngest in a long line of witches, Ari senses that things are changing--changing for the worse. For generations, her kind have tended the Old Places, keeping the land safe and fertile. But with the Summer Moon, the mood of her neighbors has soured. And Ari is no longer safe.

The Fae have long ignored what occurs in the mortal world, passing through on their shadowy roads only long enough to amuse themselves. But the roads are slowly disappearing, leaving the Fae Clans isolated and alone.

Where harmony between the spiritual and the natural has always reigned, a dissonant chord now rings in the ears of both Fae and mortal. And when murmurs of a witch-hunt hum through the town, some begin to wonder if the different omens are notes in the same tune.

And all they have to guide them is a passing reference to something called the Pillars of the World... 

Journal Entry 2 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Sunday, June 11, 2006

Anne Bishop has done it again - created a world and peopled it with characters that are really fantastic. I was a little confused at the beginning because it just jumped right into the story without much explanation, but I sorted things out about a third of the way through. The descriptions of some of the things the Witches' Hammer did was gruesome and disgusting to read, and sadly they are methods used by actual Inquisitors. A powerfully told tale, one that I look forward to continuing in the other two books of this trilogy. 

Journal Entry 3 by SandDanz from New Albany, Indiana USA on Sunday, July 23, 2006

Received from Karendawn as part of the series swap! Thank you! :)