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Loading... Foxmask (2003)by Juliet Marillier
None.  shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 |  SAGA OF THE LIGHT ISLES  rustyoldboat | May 28, 2011 | Set about 17 years after Wolfskin, Foxmask follows Nessa and Eyvind's daughter Creidhe and Margaret's son by Somerled, Thorvald. Thorvald believes his father to be Ulf, his mothers dead husband, so it comes as quite a shock when she finally tells him the truth. It was in fact Somerled who had killed his brother Ulf and been bannished from the Light Isles. He plans to go in search of Somerled with his friend Sam who is a fisherman with his own boat. Creidhe is in love with Thorvald who sees her only as a friend and she stows away in the boat secretly when they leave. They sail to The Lost Isles which are ruled by Asgrim in a war with the Unspoken. One of the Asgrims tribe stole the Unspokens seer Foxmask and in punnishment the Unspoken sing away the souls of all the newborn babies before they see their second sunrise. Foxmask is being held captive on the Isle of Clouds protected by The Fools Tide which is only passable once a year during The Hunt. The tribes lose many men in The Hunt every year, but it is their only option until Thorvald, Sam and Credhe arrive to change everything. Each of the three changes in the Isles. Sam finds a new hardness, Thorvald a father and respect from the islanders and Credhe completes her Journey and finds a love she never imagined. I loved this novel, it reminded me how much I love this author. Creidhe was my favourite character, I loved the idea of her embroidery and the many stories it encompassed. It was filled with magic, love, loss and cruelty. Highly recommended. (  )1  Rhinoa | Dec 11, 2007 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0765345919, Mass Market Paperback)The Norseman Eyvind, a fierce and loyal Wolfskin, came to a new land on top of the world to find his destiny. With his priestess bride Nessa he saved the land and weathered the treachery that was caused by Eyvind's blood-sworn friend Somerled. After much pain and sorrow the two lovers have managed to create a society where the Norse warriors and the gentle folks of the Orkney Isles live and thrive in contentment at last. A decade and more has passed since the devastating events of the creation of the settlement and Eyvind and Nessa have watched their children grow and thrive in peace. But not all on the islands are content or at peace. Thorvald, the young son of Margaret, widow of the slain king and Eyvind's war leader, has always felt apart and at odds with all he knows. He learns upon his coming to manhood that he is not his father's son but that of the love that Margaret bore for the hated Somerled and that Somerled was not killed for his treachery but sent on a boat, adrift with little more than a knife and skein of water, doomed to the god's will. Thorvald is determined to find a boat and cast off to the West in a desperate bid to find a father he never knew...and to find out if he is made of the same stuff as the henious traitor. The tragedy of this scheme would be horrific enough...if it were not for the fact that Creidhe, the winsome daughter of Eyvind and Nessa has loved Thorvald since birth and unbeknownst to him conspires to go along on this most perilous of quests. What happens to them on their journey of discovery will ultimately change the lives of all they know and love...and will doom (or redeem) an entire people. (retrieved from Amazon Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:14:53 -0500) "The Norseman Eyvind, a fierce and loyal Wolfskin, came to a new land on top of the world to find his destiny. With his priestess bride, Nessa, he saved the land and weathered the treachery that was caused by Eyvind's blood-sworn friend, Somerled. After much pain and sorrow the two lovers have managed to create a society where the Norse warriors and the gentlefolk of the Orkney Isles live and thrive in contentment at last. A decade and more has passed since the settlement, and Eyvind and Nessa have watched their children grow and thrive in peace."."But not all on the islands are content or at peace. Thorvald, the young son of Margaret, widow of the slain king and Eyvind's war leader, has always felt apart and at odds with all he knows. He learns upon his coming to manhood that he is not his father's son but the child of the love that Margaret bore for the hated Somerled, who was not killed for his treachery but set adrift in a small boat, with little more than a knife and a skin of water, doomed to the god's will." "Thorvald is determined to find a boat and cast off for the West in a desperate bid to find a father he never knew...and to find out if he is made of the same stuff as the heinous traitor." "The tragedy of this scheme would be horrific enough by itself, but Creidhe, the winsome daughter of Eyvind and Nessa, has loved Thorvald since birth and, unbeknownst to him, conspires to go along on this most perilous of quests."."What happens to them on their journey of discovery will ultimately change the lives of all they know and love...and will doom (or redeem) an entire people."--BOOK JACKET.… (more) |
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It all boiled down to not enough by way of interest in the characters, and then a slow-moving plot that just bogged itself down -- in my opinion.
I might enjoy it more if I ever come to it in a different frame of mind and want to read it, but for now I'll set it down unfinished. (