Darrion A Story of Tir Athair Marissa Ames Blue Harvest Creative 9780692243749 Books
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The prequel to VASSAL, the Second Book of Tir Athair, “Darrion” tells of a young child with magical gifts during the chaos started within MINSTREL. Once the gifted elite, those born with magic now must submit to the king for use within his war. Can Darrion’s mother keep her son away from the army while he still has a childhood left? Or will she lose her head for refusing to surrender her child?
Darrion A Story of Tir Athair Marissa Ames Blue Harvest Creative 9780692243749 Books
Originally posted on Tales to Tide You OverThis is a melancholy short story about a mother’s struggle to protect her son from a corrupt king. The writing is rough in places, but still the life presented is a rich portrayal of a poor woman in Medieval times.
Like Minstrel, which comes before this story, Darrion is set in Tir Athair, a medieval monarchy based on European history. Unlike Minstrel, Darrion introduces a new element into the world: magic.
The story comes to us in a dual vision of a young girl chosen by a promising healer who falls in love and the older, soldier’s widow trying to hide her son’s talents from the king’s corrupt eye. It’s a sharp contrast, much like how the bluebells of her courting become fragile, dried flowers.
To add to their troubles, Lana is seriously ill and yet bringing her son into the presence of a healer would give everything away. Power calls to power, and despite her prayers, Darrion is full of it.
The story is powerful, evocative, and as I said from the start, melancholy. The description offers a full-featured view of life in those times while the powerlessness is seen more through Lana’s reactions and fears at first. As the story unfolds, though, you begin to see this is not her overactive imagination but rather a poor woman without friends or resources trying to do the impossible.
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Tags : Darrion: A Story of Tir Athair [Marissa Ames, Blue Harvest Creative] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The prequel to VASSAL, the Second Book of Tir Athair, “Darrion” tells of a young child with magical gifts during the chaos started within MINSTREL. Once the gifted elite,Marissa Ames, Blue Harvest Creative,Darrion: A Story of Tir Athair,R.J. Reign Press,0692243747,FICTION Fantasy Historical,Fantasy,Fantasy - Historical,Fiction - Fantasy
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Darrion A Story of Tir Athair Marissa Ames Blue Harvest Creative 9780692243749 Books Reviews
In a few crisp, emotional strokes, Ames paints a promising backdrop for the coming sequel to Minstrel. Magic that can be used to heal or destroy, a man forced to use his gift for evil, a woman who loves him anyway, and a child hunted for his power before he's even out of diapers.
Yep, I'll bite.
Is there a rich and developed magical system and extensive world-building? Not really, but for a short story (or a stand-alone prologue), there shouldn't be. The story is about the characters, with hints at the world that I expect will be fully explained in the book.
My only complaint is that there's a disconnect between Darrion and Minstrel. Darrion apparently happens 20 years after Minstrel, in the same country / cities as Minstrel, and yet Darrion has magic, while Minstrel does not. The magic had apparently been going on for "generations". I'm left wondering why the chapters of Minstrel that dealt with curing Molly never mentioned a magical solution.
But I'm not stressing over it. If Vassal's going to have magic, I say bring it on.
This was an absolutely beautiful short story that despite its short length, tugged at my heartstrings on every page leaving me sobbing whilst smiling.
This story is gorgeous not only from Marissa Ames' stunning writing style that just flowed so well, but also in the message that the story presented, which is the strength of a mother's love.
I was close to tears all the way through reading this book. I connected so much with Lana as a character, and my heart broke for her as she struggled through raising her magically gifted son, making sure he was not only happy, but safe from the threat of the Kingdom and its soldiers. The way the present day scenes alternated with Lana's life with her gifted lover and later husband Kellan, was just so clever. It showed so clearly the way that the memories of her deceased love gave her the strength to continue on, despite the pain that trying to raise their son alone was causing her. My heart broke for Darrion as well, as he was just as helpless as Lana, and being gifted, came with his own problems that would not have occured with a non-gifted child. My heart broke for these two wonderful characters, and I spent the whole book desperately hoping for their safety, and for them to find their happiness.
A wonderful story! 5 Stars!
Very very good!! Loved it!! I read it quickly because it was so good! Read this book! What are you waiting for buy it today!!
Beautiful, tragic, heartbreaking, and a great prelude to a much bigger story. Ms. Ames has a knack for prose and her insights into poverty and the tragic side of love make you want to take her characters home and care for them. You almost forget they're just characters in a story. Well worth the investment, especially if you're about to buy her follow-up "Minstrel" (which you should).
Really enjoyed this short story introduction to the world of Tir Athair. There was a little magic, a little mystery, and a lot of conflict introduced right away. The author did a fantastic job of pulling the reader into the medieval setting. Solid characters, solid writing, solid descriptions. Looking forward to reading more stories set in Tir Athair.
What happens after a young woman marries her magically gifted lover? This is a short, emotional tale of a woman raising a son with unusual gifts -- not the polite, easy kind of gifts that are charming and harmless, but the kind that are dangerous and difficult. Ames doesn't pull any punches in this short, and the crackling attention to detail that characterized MINSTREL is here as well. You can finish it in one sitting, but it's worth your buck.
Originally posted on Tales to Tide You Over
This is a melancholy short story about a mother’s struggle to protect her son from a corrupt king. The writing is rough in places, but still the life presented is a rich portrayal of a poor woman in Medieval times.
Like Minstrel, which comes before this story, Darrion is set in Tir Athair, a medieval monarchy based on European history. Unlike Minstrel, Darrion introduces a new element into the world magic.
The story comes to us in a dual vision of a young girl chosen by a promising healer who falls in love and the older, soldier’s widow trying to hide her son’s talents from the king’s corrupt eye. It’s a sharp contrast, much like how the bluebells of her courting become fragile, dried flowers.
To add to their troubles, Lana is seriously ill and yet bringing her son into the presence of a healer would give everything away. Power calls to power, and despite her prayers, Darrion is full of it.
The story is powerful, evocative, and as I said from the start, melancholy. The description offers a full-featured view of life in those times while the powerlessness is seen more through Lana’s reactions and fears at first. As the story unfolds, though, you begin to see this is not her overactive imagination but rather a poor woman without friends or resources trying to do the impossible.
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