Shadows on Fire
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Shadows on Fire: Book Three of the Kivattar Bridge
At the start of Book Three the young group have found two of the three Talismans, but they are all far apart, separated across the world. Tariska is in Shardd, deceived by a Shadowmaster into believing that Caldar is a slave there in the most dangerous of the Fisher Kingdoms. She learns sorcery in the hope of using it to divine where he is.
In fact Caldar has been waylaid and sold off as a slave before he even reaches Shardd. Drugs have blanked off his memories, but he comes to the notice of the Shabbatsa who take him into the Rhudila, the deep desert, to cure him. Later Jedorje, one of his teachers, arrives to complete the process and guide him further on the Kivattar path.
Berin traces Herao to the centre of the Borogoi grasslands and rescues her from a renegade shaman. They travel on together to QuinQuiya, where Meruvai, Berin’s mentor, sets them to find the original Quezma people, who are the only hope of salvaging something from the coming civil war in the Republic.
In the Empire Rasscu counters an attack from the Terrechar assassins. But soon afterwards they take over the Empire in a sudden coup. They torture Princess Shkosta to make her side with them, but she escapes into the mountains with a few loyal soldiers. Rasscu meets them in the mountains and takes Shkosta onto the Harb. Together they organise the defence of Tarkus which is under attack from a Quezma army, the start of the long-threatened invasion.
The Kivattar warn the other three that Tariska is approaching a crisis in Shardd which will involve them all. Her sudden final showdown with the Shadowmaster is so powerful that it endangers the whole group, before revealing to them the origin of the Talismans.
Finally the young four are summoned back to Esparan to meet all the Kivattar. Tariska has found the last Talisman and it is time for them to hear more about the path ahead.
Peter Hutchinson
Peter Hutchinson: BioAs a young child I was at school in the Himalayas, before returning to England during the Second World War. From an early age I was fascinated by mountains and spent as much time as possible among them during school, army, and then university years. This passion for climbing led to a career designing and making specialist outdoor equipment for some of the world’s greatest explorers and mountaineers including Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Sir Chris Bonington. I started from scratch as a one-man business in the early 1960’s and I am still actively working in the same field at 77, designing clothing and sleeping bags for extreme high altitude and polar ventures.The Kivattar Bridge began as a tale for my children back in 1976. Before long it took on a life of its own and I knew I couldn’t stop until the whole story was finished. It has taken countless hours of writing and revision over 38 years, and now at last, unbelievably, it is done. All four books, written and published.It is a long story. Adventure, travel , discovery, all the usual ingredients, but quirky enough to fall outside the mainstream. I only hope that there are some readers who have gained as much enjoyment from it as I did from the writing.I am a slow writer and looking back I find it hard to see where I found the time. But despite the late nights and a staggering ‘café cost’ along the way it has always been a stimulating counterpoint to a busy working life. Both hard grind and pleasure, a mix familiar to most writers I guess. On balance an experience of real worth to me, made possible by the love and tolerance of my constant companion throughout the long journey, my wife.I should also mention that the covers of my books are being created for me by my son Peter: fitting perhaps, seeing that the story was started all those years ago for him and my daughter Ruth. There are many other people I should thank, so many that I won’t attempt to name any of them. Once begun, the list would never end. I am indebted to them all.Peter Hutchinson December 2014
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