Description: "When a talented writer makes fiction seem like history, the book becomes an event. The world Juliet McKenna has created within the Aldabreshin Archipelago is carefully developed, layer upon layer, giving it the reality which is the hallmark of outstanding fantasy. She writes very visual prose, enabling the reader to see every scene in great detail. Her characters are colorful and believab love them or hate them, you won't forget them. I certainly won't. Kheda, Risala, Dev, and many others linger in my mind, awaiting the continuation of their story."--Morgan Llywelyn on Southern Fire "Juliet McKenna is too intelligent to deliver a dour extruded plot-coupon quest, the type of series to which the deathly phrase 'In The Grand Tradition of The Lord Of The Rings' is applied in a desperate attempt to conceal its essential lack of ideas: she's the thinking fantasy reader's writer, and the stuff she writes is dangerously addictive."-Charles Stross on Southern Fire "British author McKenna, already known for her Tales of Einarinn series, is bound to earn plenty of new fans with her U.S. hardcover debut. . . .An original and intriguing setting, impressing world-building and compelling writing set McKenna's work apart form a field thick with far less ambitious fantasy works. Fans of Rosemary Kirstein and Robin Hobb will enjoy this book." Publishers Weekly on Southern Fire "Juliet McKenna's world creation is deeply textured and strongly resonant of the middle ages without sounding like Tolkien rehashed. Her characters are well-developed, strongly motivated, admirable, and yet have a normal array of human weaknesses. I find her work engrossing."-David Farland on Southern Fire

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