![]() ![]() Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin, a secretive order of storytellers and mystics, the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. But Leoden has allies, too, chief among them the Vex’Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest. There, her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena, a magical realm on the brink of civil war. ![]() Having struggled so far this year to find the time and dedication to commit to reading that I have in the past, I nevertheless burned through An Accident of Stars in essentially two days. What starts out feeling like a pretty standard Portal Fantasy develops quickly into a compelling tale of intrigue, mystery, and drama with a great and diverse cast of characters, and fantastic and aspirational world-building. An Accident of Stars is the third novel from award-winning Australian essayist, blogger, reviewer, poet and author Foz Meadows. ![]()
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