Fires of the Faithful
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Fires of the Faithful |
Book One of Eliana's Song
Fires of the Faithful is the first half of a single novel published as two books. The second book is Turning the Storm.
Awards/Recognition
Publishers Weekly named Fires of the Faithful to its list of the best mass market paperbacks of 2002.
Reviews
"Typical fantasy books require some getting used to before one is firmly hooked, but this far-from-typical fantasy from first-time author Kritzer is like chocolate cake: instant addiction....with habit-forming books like this, you can't read just one." - Publishers Weekly
"Naomi Kritzer's debut fantasy novel, Fires of the Faithful, absolutely blew me away. It's one of those rare stories that grabs you from the first page and compels you to keep turning the pages until you realize that you've finished the entire book in one sitting!
"Naomi Kritzer. Remember the name. If this first book is any indication, this woman is going to be hugely popular." - Paul Goat Allen, Barnes & Noble
Cover Copy
For sixteen-year-old Eliana, life at her conservatory of music is a pleasant interlude between youth and adulthood, with the hope of a prestigious Imperial Court appointment at the end. But beyond the conservatory walls is a land blighted by war and inexplicable famine and dominated by a fearsome religious order known as the Fedeli, who are systematically stamping out all traces of the land’s old beliefs. Soon not even the conservatory walls can hold out reality. When one classmate is brutally killed by the Fedeli for clinging to the forbidden ways and another is kidnapped by the Circle--the mysterious and powerful mages who rule the land--Eliana can take no more. Especially not after she learns one of the Circle’s most closely guarded secrets. Now, determined to escape the Circle’s power, burning with rage at the Fedeli, and drawn herself to the beliefs of the Old Way, Eliana embarks on a treacherous journey to spread the truth. And what she finds shakes her to her core: a past destroyed, a future in doubt, and a desperate people in need of a leader--no matter how young or inexperienced....
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