Review: Breathtaking!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
What a breathtaking novel! Katie Stewart has an amazing talent; I have now read three of hers, and have loved them all!Fifteen year old Kira and her father had lived happily but quietly together from when she was very young. On the day their lives were to change forever, they were at the market place. Ifor Goran (Kira's father) was talking to his friend, Dr Jan Hingel when suddenly a cart appeared, being pulled at speed by an out-of-control horse. In its path was a young child, in terrible danger. When Kira opened her eyes again, the child was in his mother's arms, and Dr Hingel looked shocked and pale...not by the almost accident but by what his friend Ifor had just done.As Kira and her beloved father hurried to put the town behind them, she was confused. Her father was frantic but wouldn't tell her what was wrong. When they were suddenly surrounded by soldiers, her father arrested for breaking the oath and he was taken away, her devastation was complete.Living with Dr Hingel and his wife, Kira couldn't stop thinking about her father and his days in the horrible prison where no-one escaped. When she overheard one of her father's students, Arun, talking about going to the prison, she decided to join him. She wouldn't be dissuaded, and the ensuing horrors, encounters with dragons, with evil wizards and the Lord High Councillor had her courage and determination tested to its limit.Would she be able to save her father from the arrogant and evil Apharis? Was she strong enough to overcome her greatest fear?The action in this book is full-on from the very first page. The characters are well developed and extremely likeable. Even the dragons have characteristics of their own. I used to think I wasn't a fantasy-lover....until I read Katie Stewart's books! Highly recommended.