Naamahs Kiss, Jacqueline Carey
Naamahs Kiss, Jacqueline Carey
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Naamah's Kiss

Author: Jacqueline Carey

Series: Naamah #1

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Unabridged: 26 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/09/2009

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now, only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts—the ability to summon the twilight and conceal herself, and the skill to coax plants to grow.

Moirin has a secret, too. From childhood onward, she senses the presence of unfamiliar gods in her life: the bright lady and the man with a seedling cupped in his palm. Raised in the wilderness by her reclusive mother, it isn't until she comes of age that Moirin learns how illustrious, if mixed, her heritage is. The great-granddaughter of Alais the Wise, child of the Maghuin Donn, and a cousin of the Cruarch of Alba, Moirin learns her father was a D'Angeline priest dedicated to serving Naamah, goddess of desire.

After Moirin undergoes the rites of adulthood, she finds divine acceptance...on the condition that she fulfill an unknown destiny that lies somewhere beyond the ocean. Or perhaps oceans. Beyond Terre d'Ange where she finds her father, in the far reaches of distant Ch'in, Moirin's skills are a true gift when facing the vengeful plans of an ambitious mage, a noble warrior princess desperate to save her father's throne, and the spirit of a celestial dragon.

About Jacqueline Carey

Jacqueline Carey is the author of the New York Times bestselling Kushiel's Legacy series, the Sundering epic fantasy duology, the postmodern fables Santa Olivia and Saints Astray, and the Agent of Hel contemporary fantasy series. She lives in Michigan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Felicia on July 06, 2009

I love this author so much, and this is an amazing amazing book. A bisexual druid is a hard character to pull off, but she does it in her classing romantic/fantasy way! Continues to be one of the few authors I buy in hardback.......more

Goodreads review by Niki Hawkes on August 03, 2017

[3.5 stars] I have mixed feelings about this trilogy. You see, it’s really difficult for anything to follow Kushiel’s and Imriel’s stories and, since this one took place a few hundred years in the future, I found myself mourning the fact that we’ve moved on (kind of like when Avatar ended and they b......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 10, 2009

With Naamah's Kiss, Jacqueline Carey, whose reputation has been largely based on the Kushiel world novels, returns to that world. This time, Carey decides to jump forward in time a few generations, so that she can create a new situation, a new protagonist, and explore new parts of the world. While t......more

Goodreads review by Laura on May 31, 2010

I keep holding out hope that Carey will surprise me with another story as beautiful as Kushiel's Dart. This, unfortunately, is another near-miss. The portions dealing with strict fantasy are actually beautiful. I love the summoning of the different gods and the games they play. I love the dragon and......more

Goodreads review by YouKneeK on January 18, 2021

Naamah’s Kiss is the beginning of the third and final trilogy in the Kushiel’s Universe series. The second trilogy had taken place shortly after the first trilogy and followed a character we’d already met. This one, on the other hand, is set about 100 years later and introduces us to a brand new cha......more