From Unseen Fire
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- Cass Morris (Écrivain)
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“But if she were respected as she should be, she would not need to hide her talent.’ How many others were there like her, Latona wondered, freedwomen and immigrants whose brilliance went unobserved, unappreciated?”
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“So go on. Burn as brightly as you can. I will swallow every last bit of your magic down into the void, and leave you behind, a colder corpse than most.”
Ce roman m'a pris beaucoup de temps à lire, en partie parce que j'étais distraite mais aussi à cause de sa complexité. Il dépeint un univers basé sur la Rome antique, mais avec une touche de magie représentée par des aptitudes à influer sur les quatre éléments, mais aussi l'esprit, l'obscurité et les "fractures". L'héroïne cache des secrets tout au long de l'histoire, même à nous lecteurs, et on suit son évolution tout au long des pages, de femme craintive à l'idée de se dévoiler à héroïne beaucoup plus confiante et sûre de ce qu'elle vaut. Une guerre se profile, la magie est présente mais subtile et différentes cultures s'affrontent dans un conflit qui rappelle évidemment notre propre histoire et les conquêtes de Rome mais aussi des empires l'ayant suivi. Une très belle lecture, intelligente et intriguante.
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The Dictator is dead; long live the Republic.
But whose Republic will it be? Senators, generals, and elemental mages vie for the power to shape the future of the city of Aven. Latona of the Vitelliae, a mage of Spirit and Fire, has suppressed her phenomenal talents for fear they would draw unwanted attention from unscrupulous men. Now that the Dictator who threatened her family is gone, she may have an opportunity to seize a greater destiny as a protector of the people -- if only she can find the courage to try.
Her siblings—a widow who conceals a canny political mind in the guise of a frivolous socialite, a young prophetess learning to navigate a treacherous world, and a military tribune leading a dangerous expedition in the province of Iberia—will be her allies as she builds a place for herself in this new world, against the objections of their father, her husband, and the strictures of Aventan society.
Latona’s path intersects with that of Sempronius Tarren, an ambitious senator harboring a dangerous secret. Sacred law dictates that no mage may hold high office, but Sempronius, a Shadow mage who has kept his abilities a life-long secret, intends to do just that. As rebellion brews in the provinces, Sempronius must outwit the ruthless leader of the opposing Senate faction to claim the political and military power he needs to secure a glorious future for Aven and his own place in history.
As politics draw them together and romance blossoms between them, Latona and Sempronius will use wit, charm, and magic to shape Aven’s fate. But when their foes resort to brutal violence and foul sorcery, will their efforts be enough to save the Republic they love?
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