![]() ![]() Not having anywhere else to go, Valen decides to become a monk for a time. Fortunately, Valen is found by some monks belonging to a nearby monastery who offer him sanctuary. ![]() His partner thief, Boreas, takes all Valen’s belongings he can find, except for a book he considers worthless, and abandons Valen. When we meet Valen at the beginning of the story, he has been a runaway for several years and is badly wounded. Valen was a rebellious child who never got along well with his family, particularly his father who hated both Valen and his grandfather, who singled out Valen as his favorite. These sorcerers are not allowed to control their own destiny – everything from marriage to employment is settled by a contract made by their family. Purebloods are considered to be highly gifted and privileged, and the price of this gift is a limit on the freedom they have. Valen, our hero – er, anti-hero – is a Pureblood, a sorcerer whose life is controlled by the Pureblood Registry and their own family. Fortunately, the second book Breath and Bone is already completed and is supposed to be out in January 2008 so there is not a long wait for the closing volume. Flesh and Spirit is the first book in the Lighthouse Duology. ![]() Recently, I read the newest book by Carol Berg, one of my favorite authors and a very underrated one, at that. ![]()
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