The Crow Maiden by Kelley Heckart
My score: 4 of 5 stars
The Crow Maiden is the third e book within the Arcadia Sequence of long-ago fantasy tales, however it will probably simply be learn as a stand-alone story. Set in Historic Crete, this story follows Nahla, as soon as a Priestess of Artemis who was betrayed and enslaved.
On this story she is introduced along with the defeated King Balin, a person crippled after an assault on his metropolis. Nahla beforehand prayed for a champion to assist defeat the one enslaving her whereas Balin requested the gods for assist for himself and his individuals.
Earlier than Balin can develop into Nahla’s champion he have to be healed of his bodily and emotional wounds. This takes time and permits the reader to study extra concerning the period, the wars and the magical components inside these previous myths.
Heckart brings to life the traditional world for the fashionable reader with these tales of gods, conflict and love. Tales like these have survived for millennia and can hopefully proceed to be loved for a lot of extra years to come back.
Ebook Description:
She betrayed her goddess for him…
He betrayed her.
Plotting her revenge is her solely solace. Till now.
Nahla is the Crow Maiden, an Arcadian, and as soon as a priestess of Artemis. Now she is a captive, a being who lives within the shadows till her vile grasp the sorcerer-king Aramon summons her. One other releases her from the Shadowlands, and whereas he is perhaps the champion she has waited for, the gods have to be taking part in a merciless joke. Her champion is crippled.
An Achaean lord who as soon as dominated a terrific metropolis, Balin is a damaged man. He has misplaced every little thing—his kingdom and his household. Revenge consumes him. Though cautious of the mysterious, cold-eyed feminine who seems and claims he summoned her, she could also be his solely hope to actual vengeance on the king who ruined him, the identical man Nahla seeks to destroy.
They’re certain by revenge, and shortly, each study they’re certain by rather more, however the secrets and techniques she hides may tear them aside and break their solely alternative for vengeance—and their probability to like once more.
