The Artefacts of Power series is a tetralogy of fantasy novels written by British author Maggie Furey. The series revolves around the character Aurian, after whom. To the city of Nexis, where Magefolk rule uneasily over a race of mortals, a young girl named Aurian comes to learn the magic arts. Her dormant powers are. The Artefacts of Power book series by Maggie Furey includes books Aurian, Harp of Winds, Sword of Flame, and several more. See the complete Artefacts of.
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The limitless scope of the genre convinced combined with her vivid imagination convinced her that she was meant to be a writer of fantasy novels — she has never looked back since. I concentrated on studying First World War literature and history for ;ower of my degree, until I wrote a paper on Harry Potter in my final ov. Their Odyssey sees them return to Nexis the holy city where they hope to finally defeat Miathan the crazed Archamage.
And Maggie Furey is an author who understands the magic in fulfilling a wish. But when a sparring accident comes close to killing Aurian, and Forral’s only chance to save her is to ride to the city of Nexis and fetch the Healer from the Mage’s Academy, Aurian’s existence comes to the attention of the Archmage, Miathan.
She was born with a rare heart condition that made it impossible for her magvie be physically active during her childhood.
Maggie Furey – Book Series In Order
Born and raised in the North of England, she now lives in Ireland. What makes Aurian work as well as it does is that Furey writes the story with much self-awareness. She’s your standard issue soap opera hussy, I suppose, the token Heather Locklear character.
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The Artefacts of Power
It must be found before his secret is discovered. What is this series? All await the coming of the Sword of Flame — and Aurian. But the Shadowleague, the council responsible for peace and order, is beginning to tear itself apart.
Mingling climates are causing unrelenting rains or deadly droughts, while warlike races are preying mercilessly on the helpless and meek. The grail made from a fragment of the Cauldron of Rebirth uses water to resurrect the dead, the Staff of Earth, the Harp of Winds and the Sword of Flame.
Disco legendo libros; scribendo cogito. In ages past, there had been four magical weapons, fashioned to be used only by the Magefolk. But now the miraculous walls that have provided order for so long are disintegrating with disastrous results.
Aurian is perhaps the ne plus ultra of the current trend towards fantasy-romance crossover. Armies mass, and men and women must choose sides in the mighty conflict for control of the world and the Artefacts of Power! Let us know maggei we’re continually adding new authors and characters daily. Don’t think I’m belittling this book, people.
He uses the Sword to kill Anvar and bond it to Aurian, who is then able to use the grail of Rebirth to resurrect Anvar, after she has killed Eliseth with the Sword. In the second half, Furey, having gotten ample mileage out of the story’s sexual dynamics, settles things into a more traditional high-adventure mode without losing a bit of her epic’s entertainment value.
Meanwhile, Death awaits his third and final meeting with the pair… As the Mages set out once more, the world stands poised on the brink of conflict. Furey tosses in everything but the kitchen sink: For aeons, its mysterious Curtain Walls have functioned to separate realm from realm, and race from race, so that each cordoned area remains a sanctuary for its species.
Rich, colourful and infinitely enchanting it is a work that poer give enormous pleasure to fantasy readers.
Meanwhile, Death awaits his third and final meeting with the pair…. I’m just writing it for fun. Even as they live in the cold woods, they rule over the mortal humans who have never concealed their hatred and contempt of the Mage.
When Miathan discovers — from his Healer, before even Aurian and Forral know — that Aurian is pregnant, he makes secret plans to abort the child. This encouragement is what kept her going even when she had to work as a legal secretary — one of the worst jobs she ever held.
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