Brood of Bones

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By A.E. Marling

Publisher Description

Cursed with endless drowsiness, Enchantress Hiresha sleeps more than she lives. Since she never has had a chance to raise a family, she sometimes feels like every woman is pregnant except for her. This time, she is right.

From virgin to grandmother, all the women in her city have conceived. One unexpected pregnancy is a drama; fifty thousand is citywide hysteria.

A lurking sorcerer drains power from the unnatural pregnancies, and Hiresha must track him by his magic. Unfortunately, her cultured education in enchantment ill equips her to understand his spellcraft, which is decidedly less than proper. The only person uncivilized enough to help is the Lord of the Feast, a dangerous yet charming illusionist. Associating with him may imperil Hiresha's city, yet refusing his help will allow the sorcerer to leech godlike power from the mass births.
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Dark Fantasy

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6 Reviews

3.5

KellyD

Created over 3 years ago

vinaigrettchen

Created about 6 years ago

“It isn’t exactly perfect. But it’s so fun, and so imaginative, and so clever, that I’ve found myself rereading this series over & over again. Let me describe a few things I liked about this book: The main characters are so interesting. The heroine, Hiresha, is unlike any other fantasy heroine I've read about. Firstly, she is in her mid-thirties and already a powerful enchantress, which I found refreshing--I think a lot of fantasy authors write coming-of-age tales because they lend themselves more easily to character development. Despite this, Hiresha as a character goes through significant changes as she faces significant challenges, which include living with a disability: Hiresha suffers from a strange drowsiness that impedes her thinking while awake and causes her to suddenly fall asleep often, even when standing. She learns to forgive, to set new goals for herself, to accept the help and friendship of others, and finds new ways to work around her somnolence without giving up on finding a cure. Hiresha is also highly intelligent and inventive, and has developed the self-confidence of a poor girl made helpless by her physical condition, raised to a position of great power and responsibility. As such, she can be seen as very cold and distant to others, and the way she speaks to others is often rather rude and brusque. However, it is clear throughout the book that she genuinely cares about her homeland and wants to improve the world with her enchantments. Like many who have gone through great struggles , she has a tough & unwelcoming exterior, but she is actually very compassionate and generous. She is deeply flawed, possessing both good and bad traits, and this made her more likeable to me than almost anything else. The Lord of the Feast is one of the most interesting characters I've ever encountered in literature - I don't want to spoil anything by saying more, but he is truly a fascinating person. He is a little reminiscent of Howl in the movie "Howl's Moving Castle" (based on the book of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones--another book I highly recommend, by the way, definitely a favorite). Ahh!! You just have to read about him. The world-building is rich and imaginative, even limited in this book to Hiresha's hometown of Morimound (the rest of the series will take you to other locations in the Lands of Loam that are just as interesting and intricately detailed, too). The cultural tones seem to borrow most from Indian and African influence, and it's really interesting and beautiful the way the author weaves it all together. The magic systems are original and fascinating, as well. The main showcases in this book are 1. Enchantress magic--which can only be worked by sleeping, which is how Hiresha got to be so good at it, what with her somnolence (very clever that her greatest weakness worked in her favor in this way, and doesn't that provide an interesting conflict for if she ever finds a cure for her condition?). There is also 2. Feasting magic, which is a darker, much more undesirable magic performed by people who are basically fear-vampires; their talents are to create terrifying illusions and sustain themselves by sucking the resulting fear out of people, causing madness and death. There are additional types of magic introduced in this book and later in the series which have equally unique & interesting rules and characteristics. In conclusion, the mind of this author is like an endless treasure chest of ideas and imagination--just when you think "this is the most delightfully interesting thing I've ever read," he introduces another delightfully interesting thing. Listen, if you take a chance on any Indie book this year, and you enjoy high fantasy, TAKE A CHANCE ON THIS ONE. It is simply brilliant. note: This is the first book in the Lands of Loam series. It does conclude nicely, so you do not have to read the next book to finish the story started here. (Note: I also read the other books in this series. Amazingly enough, Hiresha's adventures just get better and better. I love the way this world is expanded.)”

Hearteater

Created over 9 years ago