Firethorn

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Firethorn by Sarah Micklem, Scribner
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sarah Micklem ISBN: 9781416588474
Publisher: Scribner Publication: November 1, 2007
Imprint: Scribner Language: English
Author: Sarah Micklem
ISBN: 9781416588474
Publisher: Scribner
Publication: November 1, 2007
Imprint: Scribner
Language: English

Firethorn, the first volume in an epic trilogy, is a stunning debut. Sarah Micklem has introduced an unforgettable heroine into the fantasy pantheon. Loving, reckless, and indomitable, Firethorn travels through an imaginary world as real as history and as marvelous as legend.
Firethorn flees a life of drudgery to live alone in the forest, relying on her knowledge of herb lore to survive. She returns transformed, indebted to the god who saved her life, and blessed -- or cursed -- with uncanny abilities and a nagging sense of destiny. After a few nights of dalliance with Sire Galan, a high-caste warrior on his way to join the king's army, Firethorn seizes the chance to go with him, only to find she has exchanged one form of servitude for another.
The army readies for war in the vast encampment of the Marchfield, where men prey on each other and women dare go nowhere alone. Among the lowborn harlots and the highborn dames of the camp, Firethorn learns to use her gifts as a healer, venturing into realms of dream and shadow.
Desire drew Firethorn and Sire Galan together, but love binds them -- a love that has no place in the arrangement between a warrior and his sheath. When Galan makes a wager with disastrous consequences, Firethorn uses her gifts to intervene in his fate and learns just how hard it can be to tell honor from dishonor, justice from vengeance.
Sarah Micklem has written an extraordinary tale -- at once magical and earthbound, beautiful and violent. She immerses readers in a remarkably imagined world where gods are meddlesome, the highborn uphold their privileges with casual brutality, and a woman's only recourse may be the strength she finds within.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Firethorn, the first volume in an epic trilogy, is a stunning debut. Sarah Micklem has introduced an unforgettable heroine into the fantasy pantheon. Loving, reckless, and indomitable, Firethorn travels through an imaginary world as real as history and as marvelous as legend.
Firethorn flees a life of drudgery to live alone in the forest, relying on her knowledge of herb lore to survive. She returns transformed, indebted to the god who saved her life, and blessed -- or cursed -- with uncanny abilities and a nagging sense of destiny. After a few nights of dalliance with Sire Galan, a high-caste warrior on his way to join the king's army, Firethorn seizes the chance to go with him, only to find she has exchanged one form of servitude for another.
The army readies for war in the vast encampment of the Marchfield, where men prey on each other and women dare go nowhere alone. Among the lowborn harlots and the highborn dames of the camp, Firethorn learns to use her gifts as a healer, venturing into realms of dream and shadow.
Desire drew Firethorn and Sire Galan together, but love binds them -- a love that has no place in the arrangement between a warrior and his sheath. When Galan makes a wager with disastrous consequences, Firethorn uses her gifts to intervene in his fate and learns just how hard it can be to tell honor from dishonor, justice from vengeance.
Sarah Micklem has written an extraordinary tale -- at once magical and earthbound, beautiful and violent. She immerses readers in a remarkably imagined world where gods are meddlesome, the highborn uphold their privileges with casual brutality, and a woman's only recourse may be the strength she finds within.

More books from Scribner

Cover of the book Entombed by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book The Collected Writings of Zelda Fitzgerald by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Fete Fatale by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Miss Pym Disposes by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book 1922 by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Oh, the Guilt by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book This Messy Magnificent Life by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Women Food and God by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Death in the Afternoon by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book A House in the Sky by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book For Whom the Bell Tolls by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Under My Skin by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book Henna House by Sarah Micklem
Cover of the book The Emperor of All Maladies by Sarah Micklem
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy