Review: A Gentle Turn in the Warriors saga
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2011
The Warriors for Light saga takes a slight turn. Druid Lucan Woods is assigned to find Princess Allana, the princess exchanged at birth with Moira, the heroine of Dragon Child, while also undercover in a purported human supremacist cell whose leader may not be what he seems. Allana is a healer who has lived most of her life in hIfreann, but is searching for her twin daughters, stolen from her at birth. Luc feels suicidal because he had to kill his mentor/father figure, who was infected by a seed that threatened the leader of the Army of Light. Allana has connected with this wounded warrior on a psychic plane and saved his life already, now they must save each other if both hope to achieve their goals. Neither counts on love burrowing its way into their hearts.DeLeon is a whiz at creating characters who each speak with individual voices. She has populated her world with Fae, angels, demons, gargoyles and humans of various stripes, many of whom are not what you would expect them to be. She keeps you guessing because the demon you thought was a villain may turn out to be quite heroic by book's end. The battles in Absolution are more personal than in Warrior's Rise and Dragon Child because DeLeon has chosen to keep the story focused on the growing relationship between Luc and Allana more than the overall War for the Light, but this gentle story of redemption is a worthy, well-written and satisfying continuation of the Warriors for Light series.