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The Enchanter Heir (2013)

by Cinda Williams Chima(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1423144341 (ISBN13: 9781423144342)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Disney-Hyperion

series

The Heir Chronicles

review 1: Jonah Kinlock belonged to a group of survivors of Thorn Hill, a commune in Brazil where magically gifted people had lived until it was ravaged, killing most of the occupants and badly injuring others. These survivors had been moved to a settlement run by Gabriel Mandrake who was trying to cure them or at least ameliorate some of the psychic and physical pain they had to deal with and had organized Nightshade, a group of slayers who were trying to stop the shades of Thorn Hill from killing innocent civilians. Jonah was a savant with killer instincts who fought with other shadeslayers against the large groups of hosted and unhosted shades, dead people who had died in the Thorn Hill massacre, who were attacking groups of civilians and mainliners in order to secure new bodi... morees in which to live. He was was also trying to discover which group of mainliners, members of the five magical Guilds, was organizing these attacks. The Wizards were convinced the attacks were aimed at them - a further attack on their previous control of the other magical Guilds.
review 2: "The Enchanter Heir" by Cinda Williams Chima is an action-packed science-fiction fantasy that begins after the Thorn Hill poisoning and failure of Weirstones that not only result in survivors having unique abilities, but also their fading. In this story seventeen Jonah Kinlock the most lethal of the Nightshade assassins not only takes on the Shades who've become more organized and deadly but has become more suspicious of Gabriel Mandrake's motives for refusing to meet with Lilith Greaves, and is determined to find Tyler Boykin who has information about the massacre. It's a race against time for Jonah who wants to save his dying brother Kenzie and negotiate peace with the Shades.Fleeing Memphis after the death of her grandfather Emma Claire Greenwood never expects to meet and fall for a boy whose touch brings death or that her father will pay a devastating price for the information he hides about Thorn Hill. Together Emma and Jonah will search for the truth behind secrets and lies that threaten not only their trust, but their very lives.The threads of this imaginative and intoxicating plot not only follow events that lead Jonah and Emma into danger, but also the investigation into the murder of Tyler Boykin and several wizards. Angry and unnerved by the death of his sister Rowan DeVries, already in a power struggle to control the Black Rose organization has begun blaming Madison Moss and the Interguild Council for the threat against the tenuous peace brokered at Trinity. In this plot as tension and suspense mounts the violence builds, resulting in a death toll that seems to never stop.With the political instability of the guilds there is also extreme contempt and enforced isolation for the "labrats" at Anchorage, the institution that houses the gifted children who survived the poisoning at Thorn Hill. With emotional dexterity Cinda Williams Chima portrays the dying plight of the children through the pain and suffering of Kenzie and Mose as they face death. Only Jonah's wry sense of humor and the love of music prevalent in the savant band dilutes the terror, violence and death that stalks not only the children at Anchorage but also the wizards being being attacked by Shades.Sixteen year old Emma Greenwood haunted by guilt over her wild ways when her grandfather was still alive tends to be a loner who's street smart, honest and hates lies. Jonah Kinlock, the seventeen year assassin is an enchanter with gifts of empathy, speed and strength. An erratic student with a short temper, Jonah cannot show or receive affection because of his toxic touch. Among the "Fault Tolerant" band members is Rudy Severino a tech-smart geek; Natalie Diaz a no-nonsense, tough healer -warrior, and Jonah's overly protective and blunt friend Alison Shaw. All these characters and more add power and passion to a tale that's dramatic and gripping as events progress and the danger mounts.I liked " The Enchanter Heir" and can't wait to read the next book in the series. less

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