Sing the Four Quarters, Tanya Huff
Sing the Four Quarters, Tanya Huff
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Sing the Four Quarters

Author: Tanya Huff

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 15 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

The Bards of Shkoder hold the country together. They, and the elemental spirits they Sing—earth, air, fire, and water—bring the news of the sea to the mountains, news of the mountains to the plains. They give their people, from peasant to king, a song in common.Annice is a rare talent, able to Sing all four quarters, but her brother, the newly enthroned King Theron, sees her request to study at the Bardic Hall as a betrayal. To his surprise, Annice accepts his conditions, renouncing her royal blood and swearing to remain childless so as not to jeopardize the line of succession. She walks away from political responsibilities, royal privilege and her family.Ten years later, Annice has become the Princess Bard and her real life is about to become the exact opposite of the overwrought ballad her fellow students at the Bardic Hall wrote about her. Now, she’s on the run from the Royal Guards with the Duc of Ohrid, the father of her unborn child, both of them guilty of treason—one of them unjustly accused. To save the Duc’s life, they’ll have to cross the country, manage to keep from strangling each other, and defeat an enemy too damaged for even a Bard’s song to reach.

About Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff may have left Nova Scotia at three, and has lived most of her life since in Ontario, but she still considers herself a Maritimer. On the way to the idyllic rural existence she shares with her partner Fiona Patton, six cats, and a chihuahua, she acquired a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic—an education she was happy to finally use while writing her recent Smoke novels. Of her previous twenty-three books, the five—Blood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact, Blood Debt—featuring Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII, romance writer, and vampire are among the most popular.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on February 26, 2019

I have a love for 80s and 90s fantasy that I just can’t quite reach for modern fantasy. Please don’t get me wrong, there several examples of modern fantasy novels I love (Joe Abercrombie may quickly be approaching my favorite fantasy author ever) but 80s and 90s fantasy has something special that mo......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 27, 2018

Sing the Four Quarters is one of those books that I enjoyed reading but probably wouldn’t read again. If you’re looking for a warm, character driven fantasy story with a queer lead, you may very well want to read this one. Annice is a bard, able to work magic by singing to the kigh, the elemental spi......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 13, 2021

This is the first of four volumes in Huff's Quarters series, a nicely plotted and well-written high-fantasy series. She incorporates the concepts of music and magic very imaginatively, and, as always, the characterizations are excellent. I prefer her contemporary/urban fantasy books, but the Quarter......more

Goodreads review by Juushika on December 11, 2018

A bard returns to the capital to find herself the wildcard in a political plot. Huff's balance of gratifying character dynamics, distinctive characterization, and easy-reading action/political plots has grown on me. She's not a strong technical writer, and this isn't flawlessly balanced--there's som......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on January 04, 2012

I've read enough fantasy involving music-based magic that it was neat to see it treated as magic, not music. Music theory is interesting, I suppose, but not always what I want a lecture on. This also may be the first fantasy novel I've ever read where the main character's pregnancy is central to the......more