Eventually, unless events or people are sufficiently insignificant so they can be merely forgotten, the process rounds off what remains to form mere icons, summaries that become anodyne cartoons of once complex events and motives. The roughness and corners of detail wear away under the constant erosion of recall and interpretation. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.The passage of time edits history. 'A work that is filled with an intelligence that zings off the page.'- Publishers Weekly (starred review) But if they can find a way to work together, they just may change the course of history. Separately, all they can do is watch as Shaftal falls from prosperity into lawlessness and famine. The Shaftali have mobilized a guerrilla army against these marauders, but every year the cost of resistance grows, leaving Shaftal's fate in the hands of three people: Emil, scholar and reluctant warrior Zanja, the sole survivor of a slaughtered tribe and Karis the metalsmith, a half-blood giant whose earth powers can heal, but only when she can muster the strength to hold off her addiction to a deadly drug. Shaftal's ruling house has been scattered by the invading Sainnites. The earth witch who ruled Shaftal is dead, leaving no heir.

These elements have sustained the peaceful people of Shaftal for generations, with their subtle powers of healing, truth, joy, and intuition. 'Marks is an absolute master of fantasy in this book.' Her guardian, Norina the Truthken, is an air elemental able to see through any lie, yet she is blind to dangerous truths about both her half-giant charge and Paladin treachery. Karis, a half-giant blacksmith, has tremendous earth powers that might defeat the Sainnites-if she weren't addicted to a potent, deadly drug that steals her will.

Another fire elemental, Zanja na'Tarwein, is the Ashawala'i Speaker, but she cannot convince her own people of the full danger of the Sainnites. The fire elemental Emil is a Paladin, a Shaftali soldier-scholar who is about to embark on his most desired studies when the invading Sainnites capture the capitol and kill the wizard ruler, leaving no heir now Emil must become a war commander in the remnants of the Shaftali army. In the world of Fire Logic, the rare individuals born with magic talent are known as elementals, because they possess the power of fire, earth, air, or water. Marks's Fire Logic, an original, skillfully written, powerfully imagined novel of war and intrigue, a high fantasy that owes little to Tolkien's trilogy, though both are intelligent, adult works that may also be enjoyed by younger readers. Among the rare and glorious successes is Laurie J.

Much of it is derivative and badly written some is well written and singular. In the wake of the successful movie adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, bookstores have been flooded with new high fantasy.

Fire logic by laurie j marks