![]() ![]() ![]() Now she and her teacher, Cadvan, must survive a punishing and uncertain journey through a time and place where the dark forces they battle with stem from the deepest recesses of other-worldly terror. It is only when she is discovered by Cadvan, one of the great Bards of Lirigon, that her true heritage and extraordinary destiny unfolds. ![]() ![]() She is unaware that she possesses a powerful gift, a gift that marks her as a member of the School of Pellinor. Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. Also marketed as The Naming, the Pellinor series has been around since the early 2000s, but I seem to have missed it at the time, so I’m visiting it now. Generally, though, this is a pretty solid fantasy epic, with several more installments yet to come. For a book that’s quite unassuming on the shelf, it took me an absolute age to listen to it all – three weeks, according to GoodReads, and I have to admit that I’m not always the most timely at adding a book as reading in the first place, so I could well have started it a few days earlier. I listened to this on Audible, and it took forever. Pitched as MG fantasy, it follows Maerad, a slave who discovers her previously unknown heritage and skill, and embarks upon a quest with mentor Cadvan. A recommendation from Sally, this fantasy series is one which seems in line with lots of those I read when I was younger. ![]()
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