MIKEY'S BOOK:
The Dancers of Arun (The Chronicles of Tornor, 2)
by: Elizabeth A. Lynn
As the scholar and scribe of Tornor, Kerris has been in training for the past seventeen years. But it's not until his brother Kel of the Cheari culture teaches him the psychic art of patterning, that the city of Elath comes under attack and Kerris must draw upon these new talents to fight the dangers of psychic warfare. It is in these battles that he learns what a warrior's life is like, and discovers what wasn’t taught to him in his studies--perhaps the most important element of all--love
(note: this book has been updated and has another cover now, but Mikey likes this cover and it is her post so she is the boss, i agree with her though! So here is the older cover) :
Remember that one book? You know, the
one that changed your perspective on life. Gave you new meanings for
the world and relationships around you. Altered your perception of
love and sexuality. And for a while it blessed you with a place where
you knew you belonged. A place you could return to again and again.
Dog-eared, torn, and yellowed. The paperback you cherished. The one
that contained all your old friends. Friends you could rely on to not
disappoint or hurt you. Maybe there was tragedy…the part you hated
most, but you loved it anyway. We do that sometimes, ya know? Love
people and things even when they hurt because their benefits outweigh
the heartache.
For me, that book came into my life
when I was thirteen, and it never left my heart. The Dancers of Arun
Book II of the Chronicles of Tornor by Elizabeth A. Lynn is that
book. I’ve written characters who love it as much as I do. It is a
story about living on the outside for so long, living through the
damage to discover there are people out there who can love you and
find you attractive when everyone else treats you with pity. People
who believe in you and your intelligence.
Kerris was taken from his home in the
south to Tornor in the north at the behest of his father during war
time. He was a three year old boy with only his mother and some
guards for protection. His father and older brother were fighting the
Asech in the war. During a raging storm, as the small company was
crossing the plains of Arun, Asech raiders attacked the caravan
killing Kerris’s mother and wounding Kerris, severing his right
arm.
Paula, a woman traveling with them,
cared for Kerris continuing the journey north to deliver the child to
his uncle, Lord Morven. Life in the cold northern keep was small and
lonely for Kerris, the cripple, the fit taker, and the one woman to
sleep with him did it out of pity. Kerris was devasted when he
overheard the kitchen maid laughing about him, telling all the other
maids of sleeping with the cripple. His best friend Tryg was his only
other lover. Tryg distanced himself from Kerris as he grew old enough
to receive his knife and move to the Yard to learn fighting. Uncle
Morven never blessed Kerris with the knife all boys are given at the
age of twelve, thus never making him a man in the eyes of every one
of the keep. Instead, Kerris becomes a scribe, who can’t even
sharpen his own quill because he only has one arm.
The fits Kerris suffers from is a mind
link to his older brother Kel who is a leader of a revered chearas, a
group of dancers/fighters who travel the country. For four years,
Kerris lives his life embarrassed by his fits and his deformity,
while secretly cherishing those moments in his brother’s mind. One
day, a chearas arrives at the keep. Kel has come to take his brother
home. To the witch-town of Elath in the south. Both he and Kerris are
witches. Kel is a patterner.
The Dancers of Arun challenges our
sensitivities. The story takes the reader into a culture that doesn’t
hide their bodies or their sexuality. Who believe the chea gave them
their gifts to make the world better. Same sex relations between
siblings isn't looked at as odd, nor is same sex relationships in
general throughout Arun considered divergent.
Kerris learns to love himself. He
discovers what he can do with his mind is called inspeech and he is
referred to as an inspeaker. Throughout the journey with the chearas,
Kel and the others in the troop, Elli, Riniard, Cal, Jensie,
Arillard, Ilene, all accept Kerris. They teach him that he is capable
of being loved, of contributing to society, and isn’t repulsive the
way the people at the keep made him feel.
For someone who has always been on the
outside looking in, this book struck a chord with me, and I’ve
never been the same.
THANK YOU MIKEY, FOR ALLOWING US IN TO SEE WHAT THIS BOOK MEANS TO YOU, I REALLY WANT TO GET IT NOW, AND I SHALL, I WILL POST THE BUY LINK BELOW FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO GRAB IT!
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T READ MIKEY'S BOOK; SAVING KANE, OR EVEN IF YOU HAVE AND WANT TO CHECK OUT MY REVIEW OF THIS AWESOME BOOK HERE IS THE LINK:
THANKS AGAIN MIKEY! I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THIS WEEKS POST, I KNOW I DID, SEE YOU NEXT WEEK FOR AUTHOR #2- KEEP AN EYE ON THE BLOG MID-WEEK AND I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AUTHOR!
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