Firebird, Mercedes Lackey
Firebird, Mercedes Lackey
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Firebird

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Narrator: Curt Bonnem

Unabridged: 14 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/26/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Romance


Synopsis

In Mercedes Lackey's Firebird, Ilya, son of a Russian prince, is largely ignored by his father and tormented by his larger, older brothers. His only friends are three old people: a priest, a magician, and a woman who toils in the palace dairy. From them Ilya learns faith, a smattering of magic, and the power of love—all of which he will need desperately, for his life is about to be turned upside-down.

The prince's magnificent cherry orchard is visited at midnight by the legendary Firebird, whose wings are made of flame. Ilya's brothers' attempts to capture the magical creature fail. When Ilya tries to catch the Firebird, he sees her as a beautiful woman and earns a magical gift: the speech of animals.

Banished, the young man journeys through a fantastical Russia full of magical mazes, enchanted creatures, and untold dangers. As happens in the best fairy tales, Ilya falls in love with an enchanted princess, but to win her freedom will be no easy task.

About Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the bestselling Heralds Of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi

Delightful!! Charming!! Magical!! Tied up neatly with a happy ending!......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

Lots of people had a hard time reading this book because it doesn't have a lot of action, and because it doesn't follow a traditionally gripping narrative. Both of those facts are true. But there is an important note that needs to be made here: Firebird is not a novel. It is a fairy tale. And it is......more

Goodreads review by Trulie

It took me a couple of tries to get through The Firebird. I usually don't keep trying but I really enjoy Lackey's Thousand Kingdom books and the Firebird is a favorite fairy tale (and another retelling In the Forests of Serre is one of my all time favorite books). The beginning is sluggish and it ta......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

For Ilya Ivanovitch life sucks, the middle son of the greedy and paranoid Tsar Ivan, he has spent most of his life in a competition with equally greedy, unbelievably stupid, incredibly violent brothers. A competition he never wanted any part of to begin with. And just as it seems his brothers are ge......more