There are a few oblique references to events of the first book, but this is really a standalone book. In fact, it’s not until the fourth chapter, when the Bard is introduced, that I even could tell the books were set in the same universe. It was expecting a direct sequel to Sing the Four Quarters, and this is not that kind of book. However, I was very disappointed with the start of the book. They, plus a Bard, go after Kars and the prince.įinal thoughts: Ultimately a good story, evidenced by the fact my mind kept turning back to the story when I wasn’t reading it.
Kars can sign the kigh back into a dead body. When they get to the capital, they discover the prince has been kidnapped by Kars, someone from Gyhard’s past. They agree, solely to have more time to come up with a winning strategy to gain back Bannon’s body. Instead, Gyhard makes a deal with them – help him get access to the prince, and he’ll give them back Bannon’s body. Gyhard is too strong for Bannon to push out of his body. She/they go after Bannon’s body in the hopes of reclaiming it. Vree is able to pull Bannon’s kigh into herbody to prevent it dying. They succeed, but the person inhabiting Aralt’s body switches his kigh with Bannon’s as the body was dying. They are sent to assassinate Gevernor Aralt. Long version: The siblings Vree and Bannon are the best assassins in the Third Army. Summary: Short version: A body-jumper messes with the wrong assassins Setting: the Havakeen Empire, a bit after the events of Sing the Four Quarters I enjoyed the first book so much, I thought I’d jump right into the second. To save the Duc's life, they'll have to cross the country, manage to keep from strangling each other, and defeat an enemy too damaged for even a Bard's song to reach.This is the second book in the Quarters series. Now, she's on the run from the Royal Guards with the Duc of Ohrid, the father of her unborn child, both of them guilty of treason - one of them unjustly accused. She walks away from political responsibilities, royal privilege and her family.Ten years later, Annice has become the Princess Bard and her real life is about to become the exact opposite of the overwrought ballad her fellow students at the Bardic Hall wrote about her. To his surprise, Annice accepts his conditions, renouncing her royal blood and swearing to remain childless so as not to jeopardize the line of succession.
They give their people, from peasant to king, a song in common.Annice is a rare talent, able to Sing all four quarters, but her brother, the newly enthroned King Theron, sees her request to study at the Bardic Hall as a betrayal. They, and the elemental spirits they Sing - earth, air, fire, and water - bring the news of the sea to the mountains, news of the mountains to the plains. The Bards of Shkoder hold the country together.
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