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As members of the feline-like Sholan race and human begin to bond, creating a hybrid new race with powers beyond the control of any of the Guilds, the uneasy peace threatens to unravel, and Carrie, a human telepath, and her Sholan companion, Kusac, strike out on their own. Original.
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By Mark
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Lisanne Norman (Turning Point, Fortune's Wheel, Fire Margins) has a hit series on her hands. The first book in the Sholan Alliance (turning point) details the first meeting of Kusac Aldatan, a Sholan telepath, and Carrie, a human woman with the "gift" of being joined mentally with her twin sister. The book was enjoyable reading and used a very easy to read style. Some have called it amateurish, I just call it a good story.
The second book, Fortune's wheel, takes us aboard the Khalossa and ultimately to Shola where Carrie must learn what it means to be leska to a Sholan male and member of the telepath guild.
Now in Fire Margins, this author has hit her stride. Full of wonderful ideas like gods and goddesses that were once ordinary people, and viruses that mutate DNA to produce Sholan/Human hybrids, Fire Margins is a book to keep and return to. I loved it. I particularly liked the way the God Vartra was (1500 years ago) Doctor Vartra, a Sholan geneticist with a psychic gift for making his genetic experiments "work" the way he wants them to, not the way nature "says" they shouldn't.
When you buy this (you are, going to buy this) set aside plenty of time, because you will not want to do anything else until you finish it.
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By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What more can I say? A truly wonderful series. I have read the first 3 books now and I hope that they carry on the same way! I tried to find book 4 here in the UK but so far I have had a fruitless search. Perhaps book 4 will be the first one I purchase over the internet.... Maybe. :)
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
It says something that I've read up to the third book, but sometimes I wonder why I'm still reading it. I suppose it's because the story itself is really good despite problems in style, and the secret soap-opera lover in me likes the interplay between the characters, particularly the romance between humans and the feline Sholan. Ms. Norman has steadily improved her writing since her amateurish debut in Turning Point, but she still seems to be childish in her style . . . it's like a drama written for teenagers, with emotional histrionics, people being immature, plots randomly thrown in for tension, etc. The main draw for me is the Sholans themselves, and the touchy-feelie closeness you experience as you read. A good read, but intellectually and stylistically still immature.
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A great world to visit!
Not since Pern have I come upon such an interesting world to visit. I think the author has done an increasingly interesting and sophisticated job of "filling" out... Read more
Published on 18 Nov 1998
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One of the greatest books I have ever read
After I read the first two books in the series I thought that it was a good series. But after this book I thought this was a great series. Now I cant put the fourth book down.
Published on 26 July 1998
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OK for a long plane ride, but not one I'd take home.
I found Norman's writing to be excellent at picturing what was happening, but so many things were left unsaid that I was lost as to _why_ things were happening. Read more
Published on 19 Jun 1998
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. . .and they mean FIRE, alright!
Well, there was no science, no logic, no true conflic (even though there is war) and a bunch of romance: this equils a no - brainer. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 1998
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The author spins a wonderful story :)
I'm 13 years old, and I loved this book. It spins adventure, action, and romance together into a wonderful story. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 1997
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Wonderful Depiction of the World and the Charachters
I've read all three books in this series, and I loved all of them, but especially this one. It brings out the best (and sometimes worst) characteristics in all the people in the... Read more
Published on 24 Jun 1997
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A WELCOME RETURN
NORMAN RETURNS US TO HER UNFORGETTABLE WORLD OF
SHOLA. WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SO GREAT IS THAT NORMAN TAKES US MORE INTO THE HISTORY OF HER WORLD. Read more
SHOLA. WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SO GREAT IS THAT NORMAN TAKES US MORE INTO THE HISTORY OF HER WORLD. Read more
Published on 10 April 1997
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