Lynn Flewelling - The White Road (Nightrunner)

Praise for THE WHITE ROAD

The White Road is an action-packed and terrific read-enjoy. Flewelling is at the top of her game, and her game is very, very good indeed.

P ATRICIA B RIGGS , New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series

Praise for SHADOWS RETURN
2008 Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel

The fourth book in Flewellings superb Nightrunner series picks up right where the last book left off with nary a hiccup. Seregil and Alec continue to be entertaining, while Flewelling pulls off the near impossible in this compelling page-turner.

Romantic Times (4 stars)

Excellent! This (is a) terrific fantasy thriller that can stand alone, but is enhanced by the other tales in the Skalan saga.

BookReview

Flewelling presents a well-developed fantasy world with faie from many clans, wizards, alchemists, and ambitious humans. Love and jealousies abound and drive the story.

SF Revu

Praise for The Tamir Triad

Some of the most inventive and emotionally gripping fantasy to come down the pike in years Flewellings writing is both intelligent and visceral, with unflinching detail that compels readers to turn pages in wide-eyed fascination. At the same time, however, a sense of poetry runs through her narration. Flewelling takes the stock trappings of the sword-and-sorcery genre and turns them into a riveting epic story that is unique, disturbing, and enthralling.

Mythprint

Perhaps the deepest psychological novel Ive ever readthe fantasy makes the unconscious issues real. Gorgeous but dark.

O RSON S COTT C ARD

Praise for THE ORACLES QUEEN

A splendidly stirring coming-of-age tale.

Romantic Times (4 stars)

It is a great book!

Affaire de Coeur (4 stars)

Ive been looking forward to The Oracles Queen, the third volume in The Tamir Triad, with eager anticipation and it doesnt disappoint. Central characters remain true to the previous volumes, and at the same time we see new facets to their personalities. The inexorable flow of events drives the narrative forcefully onward while unexpected twists keep us guessing. I can recommend it and indeed the whole series to lovers of intelligent contemporary fantasy that nevertheless keeps faith with all the strongest traditions of the genre.

J ULIET E. M C K ENNA , Emerald City

This novel delves deeply into the psychological effects of razzle-dazzle magic, thrones, swords, and the rest, and makes for a terrific read. Magic, mystery, politics, emotions, and rare golden threads of the numinous all make this book a rich tapestry of a read right through the climax. There is never an easy answer in The Oracles Queen: the characters gain so much dimension that they linger in the mind long after one reads the last page. This trilogy is a must for those who love fantasy with all the Good Stuff stitched together by intelligent world-building and a wise eye for the frailties, and the greatnesses, of the human spirit.

SF Site

A fine conclusion to an above-average series Flewelling does an excellent job of adding depth and texture to the story of a young person thrust onto the throne of Skala.

Contra Costa Times

Lynn Flewellings The Bone Dolls Twin, Hidden Warrior, and The Oracles Queen are brilliantly original and moving. This story still haunts me, months after reading the books. Theres plenty of gritty realism to make this a book for adults and mature teenagers, but what it definitely is not is escapist. This book drags you through so much emotionally painful territory that youre almost relieved when its done and you can escape to your safe regular life.

O RSON S COTT C ARD

Praise for HIDDEN WARRIOR

Stellar high-concept fantasy.

Mysterious Galaxy

A rousing prince-in-hiding adventure, with some unexpectedly satisfying developments for a middle volume in a series.

Locus

A beautiful, compelling, dark tale.

Booklist

A superlative job The world she has built is complex, and the action nonstop. Flewelling handles the gender questions with such skill that the reader really feels Tobins ambivalence, and gradual change. Recommended highly for anyone seeking a rollicking good read.

SF Site

Satisfying intriguing exploring not merely issues of gender and power but questions of honor as well.

Lambda Book Report

Praise for THE BONE DOLLS TWIN

The Bone Dolls Twin is a thoroughly engrossing new fantasy. It got its hooks into me on the first page, and didnt let loose until the last. I am already looking forward to the next installment.

G EORGE R.R. M ARTIN

Lynn Flewellings The Bone Dolls Twin outshines even the gleaming promise shown in her earlier three books. The story pulled me under and carried me off with it in a relentless tale that examines whether the ends can ever completely justify the means.

R OBIN H OBB

Fresh and originaland unlike most fantasies that try to put women in traditionally male roles, hers works. I found the world exceptionally well realized and coherent. I think you have a winner here! My congratulations to Lynn. Books like this are too good not to share.

K ATHERINE K URTZ

Flewellings language never calls attention to itself, and instead she brings us inside the heads of an array of splendid, believable characters. Which is what fiction is supposed to dogive us fascinating people and powerful relationships from the inside out. Flewelling is a master of it. I fell in love with all her characters and hated for the book to end. Fortunately, it has a sequel (Hidden Warrior), but I also hated for it to end and it did. Thats how good books are supposed to make you feel: like youre living in another world, with people you really care about, and you dont want to close the book and go home. If these books hadnt turned out to be excellent, I wouldnt be reviewing them, of coursebecause I rarely review books I didnt finish, and I rarely finish books that I dont enjoy. I loved these.

O RSON S COTT C ARD

The Bone Dolls Twin is a great read. Lynn Flewelling has outdone herself with this vibrant tale of dark magic, a hidden child, and the demon ghost that haunts it. She builds a convincing, colorful world with carefully chosen details, and her characters are memorable because their dilemmas are vividly drawn and heartbreakingly believable. This is exactly the kind of fantasy novel that will keep you up long past your bedtime.

K ATE E LLIOTT

A fascinating read, both intellectual and haunting.

B ARBARA H AMBLY

A dark and twisting enchantment of a book, a story of deception and loyalty and heroism that will magick its readers along with its characters.

L OUISE M ARLEY

Lynn Flewelling is one of the best at creating complicated stories peopled by diverse characters, each with his own agenda, and each absolutely believable. This tale of a girl disguised by magic and brought up as a boy is engrossing and compelling as it explores the honorable reasons behind dishonorable deedsand the dark consequences that follow a single desperate act. Flewelling accompanies her skill at storytelling with an exquisite level of detail that brings her entire world to life. A most satisfying tale for readers already familiar with her Nightrunner seriesfor others, an excellent introduction to the joys of a Flewelling fantasy.

S HARON S HINN

You liked Lynn Flewellings Nightrunner series? This novel is even better. The Bone Dolls Twin is a sharply honed, powerful story where good and evil are as entwined as two childrens lives, and salvation carries a very high price. Highly recommended.