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Sistersong by lucy holland5/26/2023 But the sisters have other, secret abilities, waiting to be awakened by the threat of invasion. Sinne, the youngest, is beautiful and can use her glamour to charm any man. Keyne desires to be a man and a warrior, and wears men’s clothes to hide her femininity. She dreams of love and a good marriage but is almost resigned to a future in a nunnery. Riva, crippled in one hand and foot by a fire, is a healer unable to heal herself. The Horned One has sent retribution for my blasphemy.’ I try to scream and manage only a whimper. ‘The shadow has four legs and it snorts, breath billowing from unseen nostrils. Set in Dumnonia (today’s Devon and Cornwall) in the early sixth century, the novel introduces us to three sisters, daughters of the British king, Cador, and his queen, Enica, who is of Roman descent. In a wonderful blend of history, myth, magic and mysticism, Sistersongtakes us to Dark Age Britain, to spin us on the Wheel of the Year in a joyride of everything that makes fantasy worth reading. Just as I was beginning to think no one writes stories like that any more, along comes Lucy Holland’s tale of war, valour, love, betrayal and female power – and weakness.
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