The people of Aramanth have been enslaved by the army of the Mastery, led by Marius Ortiz. If they disobey their masters, a member of their community is burned in an iron cage before their eyes. Only Kestrel Hath, daughter of Ira and Hanno Hath, escapes the armies and rescues the silver voice from the burnt wind singer. Following the instinctive call of her twin brother Bowman across the desert, Kestrel meets Sisi, the spoiled Johdila engaged by her parents to Marius Ortiz. Kestrel becomes Sisi's closest friend and begins to open her eyes to another world. Bowman, who has been training his mind to move objects, has also caught the attention of Marius and has been engaged as his "truth teller." Their friend Mumpo has been perfecting the art of the killing dance of the Mastery, the manaxa, and finally kills the city's champion. In a whirlwind climax, Bowman comes face to face with the Master himself and the terrifying Morah is once again unleashed. The Hath family, and those that believe the words of the prophetess Ira Hath, leave the Mastery and begin a journey to the homeland.- read less

A good read. I wish there was a bit more of a refresher on the early books. I felt lost at points.

Sending as a RABCK to gunmarga. Enjoy!

Thank you for this book and the other one. It was so nice to find the parcel in my mailbox. It make me feel like a child who gets a gift. Maybe we are a child inside the whole life.

My opinion: I really liked this story about the Manth people and what happened when they became slaves of the Mastery. All cruelty were hard to read about but it's a brilliant and gripping fantasy-roman with of cause some heroes too. The warm between some family-members are so intensive so I could almost feel it. A good read.
I haven't read The Wind Singer but I don't think it's necessary. This book is a part of the trilogy but it's fine to read only one part.

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