Phoenix Falling, Laura Bickle
Phoenix Falling, Laura Bickle
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Phoenix Falling
A Wildlands Novel

Author: Laura Bickle

Series: Wildlands

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 11 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/26/2019


Synopsis

Laura Bickle, the critically acclaimed author of Nine of Stars and Witch Creek, returns with a fiery new chapter in her celebrated Wildlands series.In the Yellowstone backcountry, a merciless source of evil carries a torch for the past…Petra Dee and her immortal husband, Gabe, have been trying to gain a toehold in what passes for ordinary life in Temperance, Wyoming—a wickedly enchanted land founded generations ago by the alchemist, Lascaris. Petra may be adept when it comes to the uncanny, but as a reasoned geologist, Petra still can’t fathom the wildfires suddenly engulfing Yellowstone National Park, or why Gabe claims to have seen the sky explode in flames. The answers could lie in the past. It was a dreadful night in 1862 when Lascaris went harvesting for souls, only to be set upon by townsfolk determined to eliminate the root of all evil in a trial by fire. Petra can’t help fearing that Lascaris has crawled out of the ashes of history to wreak vengeance—and to complete his mission by claiming every vulnerable soul in Temperance.With the help of Gabe and her coyote sidekick, Sig, Petra must now venture into Lascaris’s shadow before he turns her world into an inferno burning out of control.“Bickle is well on her way to establishing her work as a cornerstone of her genre.”—Publishers Weekly

About Laura Bickle

Laura Bickle grew up in rural Ohio, reading entirely too many comic books out loud to her favorite Wonder Woman doll. After graduating with an MA in Sociology–Criminology from Ohio State University and an MLIS in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she patrolled the stacks at the public library and worked with data systems in criminal justice. She now dreams up stories about the monsters under the stairs. Her work has been included in the ALA’s Amelia Bloomer Project 2013 reading list and the State Library of Ohio’s Choose to Read Ohio reading list for 2015-2016. More information about Laura’s work can be found at www.laurabickle.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on August 04, 2019

Phoenix Falling is the fifth and final volume in the Wildlands fantasy series, and succeeds in bringing the various characters' storylines (there had become quite a few) to a satisfying conclusion for the most part. I can't imagine anyone being able to follow the plot of this book without having rea......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on February 24, 2019

4.5 of 5 stars I didn't realize until the end that this was the end. Really superb wrapup.......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on March 27, 2019

Final installment in this excellent UF series. Alchemy, phoenixes, toad gods, magic mirrors... lots of magic to go along with the very human concerns of losing homes to forest fires and losing parents to Alzheimer's. The ending wrapped up all the series plotlines and characters very nicely.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on March 07, 2019

I’ve been loving these characters since the very beginning of the series and this one is particularly bittersweet as it is the last book. I’ve went through so much with them and I expect I’ll be going through some tough times as I get the wrap up. Petra struggles with what she is or isn’t. What makes......more

Goodreads review by Kelli on December 14, 2023

The problem sometimes with reading so much is that so many books follow the same old narrative beats, and I get sick of them. I've really been into this series, but I was honestly kind of dreading this final installment because of the way the previous book ended. Lascaris, the evil alchemist who's b......more