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To Light a Candle
Written by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
To his own surprise, young Kellen, once the disappointing son of the great Mage who leads the City's Mage Council, has become a powerful Knight-Mage. Valued for his bravery and his skills as both wizard and warrior, Kellen joins the Elves' war councils. Yet he cannot convince the City of his birth that it is in terrible danger.
Kellen's sister Idalia, a Wild Mage with great healing ability, has pledged her heart to Jermayan, a proud Elven warrior. Someday Idalia will pay a tragic price for a world-saving work of Wild Magic, but until then, she will claim any joy life can offer her.
Jermayan, who has learned much fighting at Kellen's side and loving the human Idalia, finds that everything changes when he bonds with a dragon while rescuing the Elf Prince and becomes the first Elven Mage in a thousand years.
Furious at her enemies' success with the dragon, the Demon Queen attacks in force. Light struggles against Dark, like flickering candle flames buried deep in the shadow of Obsidian Mountain.
Kellen's sister Idalia, a Wild Mage with great healing ability, has pledged her heart to Jermayan, a proud Elven warrior. Someday Idalia will pay a tragic price for a world-saving work of Wild Magic, but until then, she will claim any joy life can offer her.
Jermayan, who has learned much fighting at Kellen's side and loving the human Idalia, finds that everything changes when he bonds with a dragon while rescuing the Elf Prince and becomes the first Elven Mage in a thousand years.
Furious at her enemies' success with the dragon, the Demon Queen attacks in force. Light struggles against Dark, like flickering candle flames buried deep in the shadow of Obsidian Mountain.
Author
Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey has a degree in biology from Purdue University. Like many writers she has worked at a variety of jobs, including short stints as a waitress, security guard and artist’s model. She lives outside Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband and collaborator, artist Larry Dixon, their several birds and two dogs.
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Reviews for To Light a Candle
Rating: 4.047619006802721 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I found this second installment of the trilogy maintained the same level of interest and development of the first book. Often sequels tend to fall off in quality, but this is not the case here. Character development was maintained and so was the continuity of the story line. Found this a very and interesting read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked the second book as much as the first, maybe a little more. I may be even more invested in the characters now. There was some good character development which is always a plus for me. There also seemed to be more action in this book, which was very okay with me. Be sure to have the third book waiting. I recommend this series to fantasy lovers.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5More creatures, more characters, more complexity… To Light a Candle is the second in the Obsidian Trilogy and it makes a compelling addition to the set. A nice blend of light and dark leads to questions of who we trust and why. Diverse religious ideas and diverse systems of magic all lock perfectly together. Characters change and learn, inviting readers perhaps to view their own world too through different eyes. And adventures await in different places as threat and danger close in.Not a simple tale, the interlocking paths of different characters remind me of Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings. But everything is not only drawing together, but also moving toward a scary conclusion. Readers will question the motives of different characters from start to end, with mysteries well hidden and action well told. It’s a clever, thought-provoking tale of a complex world that pleasingly mirrors the real in fantasy.Disclosure: Still hooked.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this trilogy and have been lending it out to friends.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Like the previous reviewer, I found this very readable. Though there were a few times where I felt my interest waning, something always happened right away to rekindle my enthusiasm for the story. I had a lot of fun with it, and was sad to see it end.I did find that the story was broken down a little strangely, though. I’m not sure that I would’ve divided the action in quite that way.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very readable. Moves the story on and matures the characters quite well. There is a Dragon introduced.