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| Geomancer
(Volume One of The Well Of Echoes) by Ian Irvine Pub:
Orbit/Time Warner. 621 page enlarged paperback. Price: £11.99(UK). ISBN:
1-84149-209-4. Check out website: www.orbitbooks.co.uk
She recovers from the madness, finding out she is a fledgling geomancer,
a dangerous art that melts the very rocks beneath her feet. Using
a crystal helm to communicate across the Void she meets the perfect
man but he is trapped on a dying planet. Anxious for love, Tiaan
makes a hazardous journey to meet with him.
He must recapture Tiaan to be reinstated, otherwise he
will be sent to certain death on the battlefront. To aid him he has a Seeker,
Ullii, a delicate creature who blocks out the physical world and follows the light
of Tiaan's power. Not having read the 'Mirror Quartet', I was pleased to find that this novel works well as the first of the new trilogy. The characters are believable, some super-powers but no super-heroes. The non-human characters are also more than sketched in and the interaction between Tiaan and her lyrinx companion is telling as they exchange views on their differing morality. The presence of the breeding factory is a reminder that no matter how skilled the women, they are only one step away from 'doing their duty' and of how quickly basic human rights can be eroded in times of war. The conclusion is dramatic and sets
up the subsequent instalment nicely. Mr Irvine has created a captivating reality. I had no sense of reading a long novel and was eager to keep getting back to it. Definitely one for winter evenings with a nice cup of cocoa. I'm
pleased to find a new author and I'll be reading the 'Mirror Quartet', too. Sue Davies
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OTHER REVIEWS - December 2002
Other Reviews: December 2002 Books Speed Of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Geomancer (Volume One of The Well Of Echoes) by Ian Irvine Peace by Gene Wolfe - Fantasy (Gollancz) - SF masterworks reprint. New York Blues (Volume 2 of The Virex Trilogy) by Eric Brown Narcissus In Chains by Laurel K. Hamilton To Hold Infinity by John Meaney T2: Infiltrator and T2: Rising Storm by S.M. Sterling Burning Brightly (The Legendary Story Of Herald Lavan Firestorm) by Mercedes Lackey Dark Light (Engines Of Light: Book 2) by Ken Macleod The Isle Of Battle (The Swan's War Book 2) by Sean Russell Star Trek: Captain's Peril by William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens Wild Cards: Deuces Down edited by George RR Martin Videos and Music Once More with Feeling - Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Original Cast Album The Tomorrow People 2:2 - A Rift In Time
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Artisan
Tiaan, who works at the manufactory to aid the war effort of Santhenar,
is condemned as a spy, declared mad and sold to the breeding factory
so she can continue to serve her country. 
The
lyrinx, massive winged humanoids, who escaped from the Void one
hundred and fifty years ago, are waging a seemingly endless war
with humanity for control of the planet. They need Tiaan and her
new powers to finally win the war. Cryl-Nish, the cowardly artificer
and unsuccessful spy, spurned as a potential lover by Tiaan, also
follows her.
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