After earning each others’ trust, Amnachudran finds a way to remove the brand that marks Gereint’s face (identifying him as a geas bound slave to all that would claim him and use the magical bond for their own), and sends Gereint – a type of mage known as a “maker” – to aid his daughter, Tehre, in her applications of magic. Gereint barely survives the desert, thanks to a chance encounter with Amnachudran, a theoretical healer magician. In Land of the Burning Sands, Casmantian slave Gereint Enseichen uses the devastation as a chance to escape from the geas – the magical bond of servitude to his master that forces him to physically do everything as he is ordered. The Griffins call up their burning wind and scorch the land, extending their impossible desert and laying waste to any other life in their path. When the Arobern, King Brechen of the neighboring country of Casmantium, attempts to use the Griffins as an opportunity to take land from Feierabiand, his plan crumbles and the war is lost. The act of the Griffins leaving their desert to the north and crossing into the country of man, however, terrifies and threatens the King of Feierabiand, who sends his troops and trusted friend and advisor Bertaud to investigate. Kes, a fifteen year old girl who believed her life would follow the same pattern as every other girl of Minas Ford before her, discovers her own latent powers and becomes a mage of fire. In Lord of the Changing Winds, Griffins, magic creatures of sand and fire, appear in the sleepy Feierabiand town of Minas Ford, seeking a gifted healer. This omnibus edition contains the complete Griffin Mage trilogy: Lord of the Changing Wind, Land of the Burning Sands and Law of the Broken Earth.Ĭomprising three books, this series tells the story of three different kingdoms in the country of man – Feierabiand, Casmantium, and Linularium – and the struggle that unfolds when the careful balance between man and Wild Magic is broken. But what the griffins need is a healer who is not quite human… or a healer who can be made into something not quite human. Until the day the griffins come down from the mountains, bringing with them the fiery wind of their desert and a desperate need for a healer. And she’s content with that path - or she thinks she is. The course of Kes’ life sees set: she’ll grow up to be an herb-woman and healer for the village of Minas Ford, never quite fitting in but always more or less accepted. Little ever happens in the quite villages of peaceful Feierabiand. The Griffin Mage trilogy, now complete in one volume, tells the story of the war between men and griffins - and the young girl, torn between two worlds, who will decide the fate of all. (And on another note, as is tradition with these series reviews, this piece will be spoiler free!) The trilogy has recently been collected in a single omnibus titled, aptly, The Griffin Mage Trilogy. To date, Ana and I have done a few of these “I Love This Series” posts – and I am happy to add another series to the lineup, with Rachel Neumeier’s Griffin Mage Trilogy: Lord of the Changing Winds, Land of the Burning Sands, and Law of the Broken Earth.
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