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THE FINAL BATTLE
Ara and her companions are separated, and the world is in danger. The evil Vokkans are continuing their conquest of Saetlund and the world Ara is meant to protect. The only thing that can stop the wizards and the destroyer, Vokk, is Ara and her Loreknights. But she still has many to find.
Teth is captured—thrown into prison with none other than their betrayer, Prince Eamon. While he struggles with a shocking secret from his past, he must determine whether he can trust his former friend to help turn the tables on the dark wizards. Meanwhile, Eamon has to gather all his courage and wit to enact a secret plan to help his sister and redeem himself—no matter what.
As a battle to save their world approaches, Ara and her friends must rally their forces—some more mysterious than they ever could have imagined—and take back their kingdom, once and for all. Ultimately, they will change the future of Saetlund forever.
From internationally bestselling author Andrea Roberston comes the final book in a gorgeously written new fantasy series perfect for readers of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone or Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes series.
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- ISBN: 9780698408456
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- ISBN: 9780698408456
- File size: 4118 KB
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- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 840
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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March 1, 2023
Loresmith Ara and her allies have their final showdown with evil in this trilogy conclusion. Following Cast in Secrets and Shadow (2021), the heroes standing against Zenar and the evil Vokkan Empire's conquest are all separated. Ara's love interest, thief-turned-Loreknight Teth, has been taken prisoner by the empire, where he comes face to face with ArchWizard Zenar and also with the Saetlund prince-turned-traitor, Eamon. Their perspectives, along with that of Zenar's brother, an empire commander-turned-double agent (code name Dove), reveal what evil Zenar will bring upon the world if he's not stopped. Meanwhile, Princess Nimhea and Ioth have gone to the Resistance, knowing the time to strike back is coming. Ara's accompanied by summoner Lahvja and Loreknight Joar as she continues her repetitive storyline of visiting sites from her pantheon of gods to get blessings and forge more weapons for more knights (with no surprises about who the final knights will be). In general, the cascade of revelations is made less effective by this predictability and the lengthy passages of exposition. These infodumps stall an already sluggish pace--only occasionally interrupted by action until a final lengthy battle--and what forward momentum develops is squandered by the constant jumps between storylines. The ending leans heavily on convenience and romantic happily-ever-afters. Racial diversity is linked to fantasy-world geographical areas; characters have a range of skin tones from light to dark. Eamon has a chronic illness. Banal. (map) (Fantasy. 14-18)COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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