Mystic Empire
Book Three of "The Bronze Canticles"
by Tracy & Laura Hickman
Mystic Empire is the last book in Tracy and Laura Hickman's trilogy, "The Bronze Canticles."
Eighty years have passed since Galen Arvad led the mystic clans into the ancient ruins of
Calsandria. The mystics are rebuilding Calsandria and moving into the suburbs. Among them
is Rylmar Conlan, a powerful businessman and mystic. He has two daughters and a son. One of
his daughters shows no mystic gifts at all, thus Theona Conlan is in charge of the smooth
operation of the Conlan household. No marriage has been arranged for her. However, her father
has arranged for her sister, Valana, to marry Crown Prince Treijan Rennes-Arvad.
Treijan has too many problems of his own to be saddled with a wife. On the night his
engagement is announced, Treijan is apparently kidnapped by Gaius Petros, his cousin and
constant companion.
As did the previous two volumes, Mystic Empire switches points of view between the
goings on of the faeries, the hobgoblins and the mystics. We see Dwynwyn, Queen of the Dead,
prepare for war against the Kyree, a war begun by accident when hobgoblin Deep Tinker,
Lunid, falls in love with Arryk, a faery of Dwynwyn's court. She builds a machine that lets
her kidnap Arryk. Unfortunately for the Fae, Lunid's timing is askew. She picks the time when
Arryk is returning a runaway slave centaur to the Kyree. She kills the Kyree commander in
the process. Things go from bad to worse as Valana and Theona hunt for Treijan, not knowing that
all three worlds -hobgoblin, Fae and mystic- will be plunged into a war only one man wants.
Mystic Empire is loaded with action and intrigue as three worlds are driven toward
mutual destruction. Will any of them be able to pull back from the brink in time? Pick up
a copy of Mystic Empire and prepare for a wild finish to an already wild fantasy. |
The Reviewer |
Jo Rogers |
Reviewed 2006 |
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