Fire and Water

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In Legend Born
In Fire Forged: The White Dragon
In Fire Forged: The Destroyer Goddess

Laura Resnick presents a well-written, well-paced and original fantasy trilogy focused on the struggles of a people to free themselves, not only from the tyranny of an occupying empire, but also from the deeper-rooted domination of their society by a caste of mages who control water and command assassins to enforce their position of power.

The story begins with three people: a woman born with the mark of flame, one of the ancient opponents of the water mages, an order of priests and prophets who draw their power from fire; a young man chosen by the Fire Goddess herself to set his people on the first steps toward rebellion; and a warrior with dark secrets he must face before he can play his part in the creation of a new and better life for his people.

There is intrigue. There is betrayal. There is love. There is suffering. There is sacrifice. There is death, for the chosen do not always enter the promised land. There is mystery and magic and prophesy and faith and the hand of the divine. And in the end there is rebirth, on many levels.