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We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. r/Fantasy is the internet’s largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. For updated information regarding ongoing community features, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. I got what I was going for, though.Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with information about Book Clubs and AMAs as of October 2018. I would write a sentence, then fold my hands in my lap. The last few pages of the book, the final scene between Tayse and Senneth. Def Leppard’s “Bringing on the Heartache” always seemed like the song Tayse would be singing to Senneth. While I was writing this series, I was frequently playing a CD made for me by a friend, which features a collection of “monster ballads.” It occurred to me that many of them could be used as the theme songs for some of these characters. I gave Senneth my own headaches just so I could share the pain. The thing that most people seemed to find disappointing about the Samaria books was that they didn’t follow the same people through successive storylines, so from the outset I planned the Twelve Houses books as a series about six main characters. Nominated for the 2005 Romantic Times Reader’s Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy. Published in hardcover in 2005 and mass market paperback in 2006. While Senneth can clearly take care of herself, Tayse finds himself unable to stop watching her-determined both to protect her and to uncover her secrets. It’s soon clear that not only are marlords planning a rebellion, but that they are being aided by Daughters of the Pale Mother, a fanatical religious sect that hates mystics. Also on the journey are the shape-changers Kirra and Donnal, and a young mystic named Cammon who can practically read minds. She is accompanied by the soldiers Justin and Tayse, two King’s Riders who are unswervingly loyal to the crown. The fire mystic Senneth crosses the country of Gillengaria on a mission for the king, trying to discover if noble marlords from the Twelve Houses are planning an uprising. “Shinn is an engaging storyteller who moves believable characters through a fascinating landscape and interesting adventures.”-St. Twelve Houses: Mystic and Rider, The Thirteenth House, Dark Moon Defender, Reader and Raelynx, Fortune and Fate

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