Book Description
Two hundred years ago, the Fire Queen destroyed her rival queens of Earth, Air, and Water in the fateful Burning and took power over Oran. No child with a trace of the elemental magic was alloved to live. Years later, the country still trembles under her oppression. But now there are rumors of hope. Four young women escapedfour who have the powers of Earth, Fire, Water, and Airand are even now finding each other. At the same time, a ragtag army of artists and singers, orphans and vagrants, thieves and knifewielders is stealing into the city. Their sign is the bloodred, blade-thin New Moon . . .
Beldan's Fire ANNOTATION
The eagerly-awaited final volume in theQueen's Quarter trilogy. Once, Oran was ruled by four women representing each of nature's elemental powers--fire, air, earth, and water. But the Fire Queen Zorah destroyed her three sisters and began a repressive rule which banned all magic and killed all children who possessed it. Others in the series are New Moon and Sadar's Keep.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Two hundred years ago, the Fire Queen destroyed her rival queens ofEarth, Air, and Water in the fateful Burning and took power over Oran. No child with a trace of the elemental magic was alloved to live. Years later, the country still trembles under her oppression. But now there are rumors of hope. Four young women escapedfour who have the powers of Earth, Fire, Water, and Airand are even now finding each other. At the same time, a ragtag army of artists and singers, orphans and vagrants, thieves and knifewielders is stealing into the city. Their sign is the bloodred, blade-thin New Moon . . .