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Product Details
Scribner, July 2009
Hardcover, 528 pages
ISBN-10: 0743265246
ISBN-13: 9780743265249
Description
Sire Galan has forbidden his servant and lover Firethorn to follow him to war, but she disobeys. When the army of Corymb sets sail for Incus, she is aboard a ship of the fleet, gambling on Galan's welcome.
But the gods are as apt to meddle with the schemes of a lowborn mudwoman as the best-laid plans of her betters. The searing touch of Wildfire leaves Firethorn shattered, haunted, estranged from herself, and set apart from others.
She feels cursed, but others see her as blessed. Whores come to her for healing, and soldiers search her every utterance for hidden prophecies. Is she a charlatan or a true seer? Even Firethorn cannot answer that question. And Galan is wary of what Wildfire has made of her.
Sarah Micklem brings lush prose and rich imagination to the highly anticipated second book in the trilogy that began with her acclaimed debut, Firethorn. The enthralling combination of the mythic, the historical, and the deeply human confirms Micklem's place among the great storytellers of imaginative fiction.
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Browse Inside Wildfire"Intricate world-building rooted in vivid, visceral details and the harrowing journey, both physical and psychological, of the divinely afflicted, lightning-struck heroine of Wildfire make for a compelling read."
-- Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel's Mercy
"Micklem takes you on a fantastical ride filled with imagery, magic, and mayhem...and will enthrall readers from beginning to end."
-- Sherrilyn Kenyon, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"In Firethorn and Wildfire, Sarah Micklem treats the reader to rich, evocative language, and her art background shines through in her vivid creation of the setting. This is adventure fiction told in an ancient tapestry."
-- Emma Bull, author of Territory and War for the Oaks
"Micklem's follow-up to Firethorn (2004), the second volume in a projected trilogy, continues the adventures of a magically gifted young woman bound to handsome warrior Sire Galan. This tough, capable, intriguingly flawed heroine and her huge, dense, absorbing saga show no signs of running out of steam."
-- Kirkus
"Exquisite prose enhances this glowing tapestry narrated by Firethorn....Micklem has penned a rich and memorable tribute to endurance and self-enlightenment."
-- Publishers Weekly, starred
