- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Spectra Books (Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553585509
- ISBN-13: 978-0553585506
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 12.2 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,392,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A powerful new voice in fantasy fiction, the acclaimed author of Fires of the Faithful continues her enthralling epic of persecution and war, passion and triumph, and of the brave young woman who must succeed in...
Turning the Storm
She is called musician, rebel, soldier, legend. After months of leading an uprising against the treacherous religious order of the Fedeli and the ruling Circle of Mages, young Eliana is known throughout the land. Striking from the blighted wastelands, her army of reformers has grown in number--adding liberated slaves to its ranks. Driven by their beliefs in the Old Way, Eliana and the soldiers of the Lupi stand on faith alone.
But faith won’t save the Lupi from traitors in their midst--or from the magical fires of the mages. Seeing her soldiers reduced to ashes around her, Eliana takes a desperate gamble: she steps down from command. Then, armed with stolen orders to attend one of the musical ensembles within the Imperial enclave, she disguises herself as a boy, takes up her violin, and heads straight into enemy territory. And now the girl-turned-general adds another title to her rank: spy.
Turning the Storm
She is called musician, rebel, soldier, legend. After months of leading an uprising against the treacherous religious order of the Fedeli and the ruling Circle of Mages, young Eliana is known throughout the land. Striking from the blighted wastelands, her army of reformers has grown in number--adding liberated slaves to its ranks. Driven by their beliefs in the Old Way, Eliana and the soldiers of the Lupi stand on faith alone.
But faith won’t save the Lupi from traitors in their midst--or from the magical fires of the mages. Seeing her soldiers reduced to ashes around her, Eliana takes a desperate gamble: she steps down from command. Then, armed with stolen orders to attend one of the musical ensembles within the Imperial enclave, she disguises herself as a boy, takes up her violin, and heads straight into enemy territory. And now the girl-turned-general adds another title to her rank: spy.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
I Wish...
22 Feb 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I hoped that this second book would build on the first, but it seems more hastily written. The weaknesses of the first--the male protagonists sounding all alike; choppiness of plot; characters talking like nineties people interspersed with Renaissance religious talk--are emphasized. Though there was plenty of action, I didn't feel as a reader that I experienced it. The style was more journalistic than previous. I found, despite the bloodshed and pain, that my attention wandered, especially as it seemed that no one but the bad guys had any clear motivation for what they were doing.
I did like Eliana's strength, and her liking women is a breath of fresh air after far too many books by women authors in which cute men fall for other cute men and gush like thirteen year old girls. The use of Italy and Italian is a good change after far too much repasteurized Celtishness.
In short, I think this author shows plenty of talent, but needs to take time to smooth the plotting and prose. I will look for a third book, but I will probably read a chapter or two before buying.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Pleasant Sequel, Good Read
4 Feb 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As a concluding sequel to "Fires of the Faithful" "Turning of the Storm" does a fairly good job of delivering a decent end to an average story. At least I am assuming this is the conclusion, if it is not then it is one of the better ended middle volumes, if it is then it still has a reasonable good end, something I believe is very important. This one won't leave you hanging with a big TO BE CONTINUED. The ending does seems somewhat forced and compressed but it's better than a lot I've read in the past couple of years.
As I mentioned the story is average, not bad, not great. It is a fairly quick read, the time spent quite enjoyably. Reading of "Fires of the Faithful" is a prerequisite if you intend to understand the plot or the characters.
Some girl on girl romance inferred, never consummated. It does not really fit the bill as a romance but is tame enough to be deemed young adult literature.
Do I recommend it? Sure if you want a decent story to read during some down time. Go for it. Don't expect too much just enjoy.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A great improvement over the first volume in the series
6 Feb 2003
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In Turning the Storm, Naomi Kritzer has hit her stride. The sudden change of tone that marred the first book, Fires of the Faithful, is absent here. The book reads very consistently. Elianna is also a more believable character in this volume - her inept (but successful, largely due to chance (criticisms regarding deus ex machina become appropriate here)) approach to spying is much more believable than her suddenly discovered prowess as a warrior was in the previous volume. Character development is even and believable - one can easily imagine that a person would respond to the other characters in the way Elianna does. Like the first book, it is written in the first person, so the reader gets a good peek inside the protagonists head.
The setting, based apparently on southern Europe of the Renaissance period is believable, if not compelling. The characters on the other hand, seem to think very much like modern Westerners, so they do not fit into the environment as well as they could.
Some readers may be put off by the culmination of Elianna's incipient lesbianism (thankfully, it is not graphically depicted). A bigger problem, is Elianna's motivation. Unlike many of the classic fantasy books, where the reader can feel the urgency and necessity of the hero's cause, Elianna seems mostly driven by a need for revenge. While she has a concern to free the people who follow her, it becomes clear that those who she has allied herself to are willing to replace to preserve the status quo as long as they become the ones in charge.
Had it been a choice, I would have given it 3.5 stars. I think the backstory concerning Gaius and the discovery of magery and the initial conflict between the Old Way and the new religion represented by the Fedeli might make a much more involving read. That said, this is still a good paperback novel for reading on an airplane or when you have nothing else to do on a wet afternoon.
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