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Mage's Blood

The Moontide Quartet, Book 1

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Mage's Blood

By: David Hair
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
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David Hair is the award-winning writer of two young adult fiction series, The Aotearo and The Return of Ravana (based on the Vedic epic The Ramayana). Mage’s Blood, the first volume of a series called The Moontide Quartet, is Hair’s first work of adult fantasy. In a starred review of Mage’s Blood, Publisher’s Weekly said, "This multilayered beginning to the Moontide Quartet plunges listeners into a taut network of intrigue and mystery that tightens with each chapter. Hair portrays a stark and beautiful world breaking apart, with both good and evil characters desperate to reshape it through magic, war, and treachery. This strong debut should draw in fantasy readers of all stripes."

Most of the time the Moontide Bridge lies deep below the sea, but every 12 years the tides sink and the bridge is revealed, its gates open for trade. The Magi are hell-bent on ruling this new world, and for the last two Moontides they have led armies across the bridge on "crusades of conquest". Now, the third Moontide is almost here, and this time the people of the East are ready for a fight... but it is three seemingly ordinary people that will decide the fate of the world.

©2012 David Hair (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with Quercus Editions Ltd (UK). Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Magic Users Wizardry
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What starts off as a cringe-worthy depictions of archetypal characters and unsubtle references to various contemporary social ills - misogyny, religious extremism, capitalism’s greed, warmongering, etc., becomes a gripping plot with characters that gain nuance. These traits do not endear it to me personally nearly as much as other things if I’ve read - Robin Hobb, George R. Martin, etc - but it was very enjoyable and I’ll be reading the next one.

Worth enduring the first half of the book

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loved the story! only distraction was the thick sterotypical indian accents of some of the characters... but still a great performance.

exceptional

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problem is you usually care about one story more than the others and they always end in cliffhangers. i found myself x3 much i didnt care about.

3 stories 1 book

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I like that it's not your usual castles and dragons fantasy setting. All the characters are interesting and at the end of each chapter I was compelled to know what they would do next. The character development was nice and there were a few surprises along the way. I'm excited to start the next book in the series.

Not your usual fantasy setting

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character's just drive you up the wall, found myself asking WHY? to often. just nope couldn't finish it.

nope

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I love that Nick narrates this.. but that's all I like about this book.. I cant even finish it sorry

disappointing.....

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