Emperor Mage
The Gods are Angry, and Trouble is Brewing in Carthak

Last month I read Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce's prequel book about the mage Numair's younger days, studying magic at a Carthak university. I handed that one off to my 15 year old son, who read it and then promptly went to his school library and checked out the entire IMMORTALS series. When......more

I've been doing some thinking and have come to a conclusion that, I suppose, should have been obvious a long time ago: I connect to Tamora Pierce's characters better than I connect to pretty much any other characters. They get under my skin, in my blood, into my heart; I see through their eyes so ea......more

This is the third instalment in the Wild Magic series, and, like the previous two books, the reader follows Daine as she traverses the rocky political terrain of Tortall and continues to learn and to hone her wild magic skill. What differs in this book, however, is the setting. Daine ventures further......more

Third book into this series and I am still loving It; it was a great read. Daine found herself in a region where even the gods were angry with the dictator, ruler and emperor of the land. The emperor was a megalomaniac, drunk on power and ambition. He was cunning, charming, and lure people to fuel his......more

I'm pretty sure at this point everyone has read this book, and if you haven't - you really should. Daine is off to Cathark, along with a delegation from Tortall. Daine is to heal the emperor's birds while the delegation attempts to forge a peace treaty. As the talks press on, Daine discovers that the......more