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First tagged "fantasy" by Gwendolyn L. Perkins "Gwen Perkins"
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On a island of Cercia, a gods are dead, killed by their supporters and transposed with a investigate of magic. Magicians are banned to leave their homeland. Laws connect these group that forestall them from casting spells on a living—whether to mistreat or to heal. Quentin, a immature nobleman, hurdles these laws out of adore for his wife. His best friend, Asahel, defies management during his side, unknowingly that a hunt for this mislaid sorcery will move them both to a corner of reason, melancholy their really souls. The Universal Mirror shows how distant dual group are peaceful to go for a consequence of believe and what they will destroy to obtain it.You competence also like...
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #510356 in Books
- Published on: 2012-02-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 178 pages
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About a Author
Gwen Perkins is a museum curator who finds consistent impulse among a artifacts and ephemera of bland lives. Although presented in a anticipation setting, a characters and events of The Universal Mirror were heavily shabby by her chronological research. Gwen lives in Tacoma, Washington with her partner and their 3 children. This is her initial novel.
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8 of 8 people found a following examination helpful.
By Tina Ruddiman-Fisher
Gwen Perkins does an extraordinary pursuit of formulating a universe we've never been to. With her splendidly minute descriptions of a island of Cercia, as good as a characters in a book, we feel as nonetheless I've not usually been there, nonetheless would adore to revisit again! It is apparent in her writing, Gwen cares for her characters and their settings and we could most feel a appetite she contingency have had during a essay process. we can't wait to see where a story goes and join Asahel, Quentin, Felix, and Catherine in their adventures. My usually censure about this book is that it wasn't longer. Gwen Perkins has left me wanting more.
3 of 3 people found a following examination helpful.
By Desiree Finkbeiner
One of a best books I've examination in years! Well combined and good researched, a characters and etiquette of a people fit in ideally with chronological etiquette of a time period. And nonetheless it was a illusory place, a island of Cercia, Gwen's creates it feel real...
The story builds in torment with each chapter, and drew me in immediately with a tragedy of grave digging, banned magic, rotting corpses, mislaid love, murder, profanation and tip conspiracies... Unexpected turns are in store for a reader. we could tell Gwen is privately proficient with her characters as they are easy to love, hatred and empathize.
My favorite character, Asahel, is a tortured soul, trapped in between a classes and feels that he doesn't belong, an wandering who wears his feelings on his sleeve. His craving for belonging tests his strength, his ability, his faithfulness and leads to some astonishing turns in a plot.
Quentin, struggling with his possess dysfunctional relations during home, reaches out to Asahel, risking his possess repute to embark on a good journey wrought with hazard and deceit.
Felix, a impression whose constant intentions are unpredictable, driven by low secure motives, a manipulative impression who plays a poignant purpose in bringing a tract full circle. we couldn't confirm either to adore him or hatred him until a end.
Catherine.. we see myself in this character. Self-punishing and driven, hard-shelled and stubborn, nonetheless a dark adore that eventually propels her into a plot... a lifetime of regrets to atone for. Her debility becomes her strength when she finally realizes what's during interest and she learns to conclude what she has taken for granted.
To tip it all off, there is an glorious dignified to a story... how can we adore another if we hatred yourself? And how can we be constant to anyone else if we are not constant to yourself? All in all, an EXCELLENT examination with movement and enchanting tension. A book about faithfulness and summoning a strength within do select what's right in a face of certain death. 5 well-deserved stars! Can't wait for a subsequent book in a series!
3 of 3 people found a following examination helpful.
By Wanda
On a island of Cercia, a gods are dead, killed by their supporters and transposed with a investigate of magic. Magicians are banned to leave their homeland. Laws connect these group that forestall them from casting spells on a living--whether to mistreat or to heal.
Quentin, a immature nobleman, hurdles these laws out of adore for his wife. His best frien...d, Asahel, defies management during his side, unknowingly that a hunt for this mislaid sorcery will move them both to a corner of reason, melancholy their really souls. The Universal Mirror shows how distant dual group are peaceful to go for a consequence of believe and what they will destroy to obtain it.
Review 5 out of 5
On a island of Cercia, after a fight where all a gods were killed, magicians were banned to leave their homeland and laws were combined to forestall them from casting their spells on a vital - either to mistreat or heal.
When a island is influenced by a plague, Quentin, a immature noble defies management out of adore for his wife. His best crony Asahel helps him with his experiments. Knowing that a punishment for sin is serious if found out, Quentin is dynamic to reanimate a repairs caused by a disease on his wife.
When we began to examination this book, we wasn't certain if we favourite it or not. we was a bit confused during first. It felt like we was entrance in half approach by a conversation. However, my difficulty shortly evaporated as we got serve into a story. It shortly incited into a page turner that we couldn't put down! The commencement felt a small bit like a story from Burke and Hare! we began to empathise with Quentin's character. He's in adore with his mother who, due to a plague, had been badly disfigured. Unfortunately, as a law particularly forbids a use of sorcery on vital beings to heal, Quentin is during a detriment as to how to assistance her.
By a finish of a book, we was entertaining Quentin and his crony on! Gwen Perkins has combined a quick paced journey that kept me on a corner of my seat! we would have favourite a small some-more communication between Quentin and his wife, generally nearer a end. But, all in all it was a really pleasing read. - Lynn Worton
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