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From Mountains of Ice Lorina Stephens 9780973927856 Books

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characterization, vocabulary, evident research and depth of portrayal of the human spirit place this author in high standing for this genre. My only disappointment was that these are entirely new characters and apparently a new writing direction for Lorina Stephens and she hasn't as yet done any others in this style. Upon finishing the book, I wanted to find one or two similar writings by her, but regrettably, there are none... Lorina, please grace us with another.


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From Mountains of Ice Lorina Stephens 9780973927856 Books Reviews

Swept me away! The author captures your imagination and runs with it. Highly recommend, great listen on Audible (my kids even got into the story)
A jealous ruler, a banished advisor, a misunderstood gift and a country being destroyed from within. Lorina Stephen's From Mountains of Ice is a lovingly told story of rebellion and sacrifice, of love and fear.

In the 10 years since Sylvio's banishment from the court of the young Prince Carmelo, he has made a life for himself and his wife Aletta in a rural village. Able to relax away from the problems of state, Sylvio would like nothing more than to retire to a quiet life of making bows by hand. A gifted bone speaker, he creates bows of the bones of the recently deceased. These bows speak to their users, and supernaturally protect their homelands. Sylvio doesn't brag about his gift, but he doesn't hide it either. Aletta on the other hand, is a gifted Strega, or truthsayer, a skill that is welcome anywhere she goes.

When Prince Carmelo demands Sylvio return to court, he and Aletta have every reason to be nervous. They travel with the village's caravan to the capital city, only to be faced with ruinous taxes, foreign mercenaries, rumors of Carmelo's waning sanity, and trade ambassadors with ambiguous alliances. With little warning, Sylvio and Aletta must decide who they can trust, and they must decide fast. Sylvio must choose betray the prince he loves, or leave his countrymen behind to fend for themselves.

When Sylvio is captured and horrifically disfigured by Carmelo's mercenaries, his choice becomes clear. But is he strong enough to go through with it? Carmelo has forced Sylvio's hand, and Sylvio speaks with the voices of the dead.

There is so much more I want to tell you, characters, betrayals, yearnings, latent gifts and madnesses . . . but trust me when I say you'll enjoy it more if you discover it for yourself.

Along with natural sounding and witty dialogue, Stephens presents a renaissance Italianesque world populated by a unique ancestor worshipping population. You can't help but love Sylvio and Aletta, this is a mature and intelligent couple who has been together for decades. They trust each other implicitly, and know when they can be selfish and when they can't. These are the people I want to grow up to be, and other than Prince Carmelo, this is a world I want to live in.

I have a few words of advice regarding the reading of From Mountains of Ice - pay attention to everything, and read slowly. Once the action gets going, and it gets going pretty quickly, this is a nonstop ride filled with surprises at every turn. At times I complain that books are too long, that the author took too many pages to get the plot going, From Mountains of Ice was the opposite. Not a slow moment, not a wasted scene, I didn't want it to end.

If you are a fan of historical fiction or historical fantasy, From Mountains of Ice is an enjoyable and satisfying read, filled with political intrigue, passionate characters living in a beautiful and alluring world.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characterization, vocabulary, evident research and depth of portrayal of the human spirit place this author in high standing for this genre. My only disappointment was that these are entirely new characters and apparently a new writing direction for Lorina Stephens and she hasn't as yet done any others in this style. Upon finishing the book, I wanted to find one or two similar writings by her, but regrettably, there are none... Lorina, please grace us with another.