Ebook {Epub PDF} The Serpent and the Rose by Kathleen Bryan

Read "The Serpent and the Rose The First Book in the War of the Rose" by Kathleen Bryan available from Rakuten Kobo. The beautiful Averil is heir to the Duchy of Quitaine, in the Kingdom of Lys. She is a powerful mage, trained by the Lad Brand: Tor Books.  · The beautiful Averil is heir to the Duchy of Quitaine, in the Kingdom of Lys. She is a powerful mage, trained by the Ladies of the Isle, but when her father calls her home to take up her duties, she must leave that life behind. In her city of Fontevrai, she meets Gereint, raised as a common villager but greatly gifted in magic, a novice of the magical order of the Knights of the Rose.3/5(4). The Serpent and the Rose: The First Book in the War of the Rose - Kindle edition by Bryan, Kathleen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Serpent /5(19).

"The Serpent and the Rose is an assured and powerful novel of magic, politics, and two young people coming into their power in dangerous times. Bryan has a clear eye for nuance and a love for high fantasy that shines through on the page." -Kate Elliott, author of Spirit Gate "Well thought-through magic, convincing medieval details, and. The Serpent and the Rose The First Book in the War of the Rose. Author: Kathleen Bryan. Read Excerpt The Serpent and the Rose. $ Format. Buy Now Reviews. About This Book. A remarkable new voice in Fantasy begins an epic of the war between Order and Chaos. I picked up The Serpent and the Rose on a whim at the library and read it in an evening; it's a short pages in its trade paperback format. The book is copyrighted to Judith Tarr, so I imagine Kathleen Bryan is a pseudonym which makes all the editorial reviews about Bryan's debut novel a bit ironic.

Author Kathleen Bryan delivers an intriguing world, filled with the creatures of Fae. Wisely, she allows for shades of gray--with neither the serpent nor the church free of lies and hypocrisy. Indeed, while the church is responsible for opposing the Serpent, the church's lies and its blindness to the full range of magic are at the heart of most of the problems Averil's world faces. THE SERPENT AND THE ROSE (Chapter 1) THE HAYRICK EXPLODED in a swirl of straw and dust and squawking chickens. The yard dogs yelped and fled with their tails between their legs; the bull bellowed in his pen. Gereint stood in the middle of the whirlwind, eye to eye with a shape as insubstantial as it was powerful. Read "The Serpent and the Rose The First Book in the War of the Rose" by Kathleen Bryan available from Rakuten Kobo. The beautiful Averil is heir to the Duchy of Quitaine, in the Kingdom of Lys. She is a powerful mage, trained by the Lad.