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One young woman learns the true nature of power--both her own and others'--in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy.
"Bates brilliantly concludes an impressive high fantasy trilogy with this tale of scheming and magic."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Sophy Dunbarron--the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was--has always felt like an impostor. Separated from her birth mother, raised by parents mourning the loss of their true daughter, and unacknowledged by her father, Sophy desires only a place and a family to call her own. But fate has other ideas. Caught up in Elanna Valtai's revolution, Sophy has become the reigning monarch of a once-divided country--a role she has been groomed her whole life to fill.
But as she quickly discovers, wearing a crown is quite a different thing from keeping a crown. With an influx of magic-bearing refugees pouring across the border, resources already thinned by war are stretched to the breaking point. Half the nobility in her court want her deposed, and the other half question her every decision. And every third person seems to be spontaneously manifesting magical powers.
When Elanna is captured and taken to Paladis, Sophy's last ally seems to have vanished. Now it is up to her alone to navigate a political maze that becomes more complex and thorny by the day. And worse, Sophy is hiding a huge secret--one that could destroy her tenuous hold on the crown forever.
"Sophy is truly a feminist hero: she embraces equality and justice for all--a theme running throughout the novel--while challenging societal norms."-- Booklist
Don't miss any of Callie Bates's magical Waking Land trilogy:
THE WAKING LAND * THE MEMORY OF FIRE * THE SOUL OF POWER
Author Notes
Callie Bates is the author of The Waking Land and The Memory of Fire . She is also a harpist, certified harp therapist, sometimes artist, and nature nerd. When she's not creating, she's hitting the trails or streets and exploring new places. She lives in the Upper Midwest.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Bates brilliantly concludes an impressive high fantasy trilogy (after The Waking Land and The Memory of Fire) with this tale of scheming and magic. The first book showed heroine Elanna liberating the potential for magic in Caeris and Eren, two antagonistic countries that share an island. The second concentrated on action and intrigue in the nearby empire of Paladis, where Elanna's lover, Jahan, struggled to accept and master his own supernatural talents. This volume is narrated by their friend Sophy Dunbarron, the insecure young queen of an uneasily united Caeria and Eren. Powerful enemies are plotting against Sophy, especially when she-still unmarried-reveals that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, though ignorant prejudice against magic persists, people all over the realm are beginning to dream odd dreams and develop strange talents, including Sophy herself. New alliances are made and excruciating physical tests met, and Sophy must grow up fast. Bates handles the characters' personal conflicts convincingly and skillfully works the strands of magic into their experience. This is a fresh, confident, powerful accomplishment. Agent: Hannah Bowman, Liza Dawson Assoc. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
The second book in the Waking Land trilogy (The Memory of Fire, 2018) ended with Queen Sophy Dunbarron requesting political assistance while facing the promise of another intense adventure. Bates delivers in the third and final book in the series. Sophy finds a great deal of inner strength as the novel progresses she harnesses the power within her, regardless of how hopeless things may seem, and comes to terms with her tumultuous past to lead everyone into a better future. Sophy is truly a feminist hero: she embraces equality and justice for all a theme running throughout the novel while challenging societal norms and uniting different kingdoms together to defeat evil, in true fantasy form, all while hiding a secret that could disrupt her claim to the throne. Though The Soul of Power can be read as a standalone, it is helpful to have read the others in the trilogy for maximum character impact, and the relatable characters will appeal to a wide range of readers.--Carrie Rasak Copyright 2019 Booklist