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The Red Line of Yarmald
In this climatic sequel to Clouds of War, the Zarns' armies are now arrayed before Zelindar, the coastal city at the the heart of the Hadra world. Working together, Noya, Amairi and Jolaina struggle to create an unlikely alliance to defend the Yarmald peninsula with a magical line of power.
264 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2003
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Diana Rivers
10 books16 followersDiana Rivers is a lifelong writer/artist who lives in a house designed by her and built entirely by women’s hands. Her best known work is The Hadra Series, which channeled itself into her life and continues to spur stories. She lives in Arkansas and remains an advocate for peace, justice and ecology.
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November 16, 2021
I still like the characters of this book--Noya and Amairi the most, but all of them more or less--but it feels like it has less plot and tension than any of the other books in the series. Rivers really enjoys having her characters go on journeys of self discovery and find their own paths, whether they be central or minor characters. This is cool bc it makes all her characters feel like individuals, but they always seem to phrase the way they talk about their self discovery in the same way. Oh well, I'm happy for Thairn and Dharlan regardless.
This is also the second book in the Zelindar series that focuses less on the Hadra than on outsiders. In fact it's somewhat critical of the Hadra for being insular and proud. These are characteristics you can definitely pick up on reading the other books, so it's interesting seeing Amairi and Shamu call them out on it. Another result of focusing more on outsiders is an astounding number of male characters, including two central m/f romances--Amairi/Vondran and Shamu/Douven. And also results in male characters also having intense internal struggles and journeys of self discovery in the typical Rivers way.
It's an interesting book, but I kind of hope the last two books of the series go back to focusing on the Hadra, bc after all this is a series I read for magical pacifist lesbian communes, not so much for outsider politics.
This is also the second book in the Zelindar series that focuses less on the Hadra than on outsiders. In fact it's somewhat critical of the Hadra for being insular and proud. These are characteristics you can definitely pick up on reading the other books, so it's interesting seeing Amairi and Shamu call them out on it. Another result of focusing more on outsiders is an astounding number of male characters, including two central m/f romances--Amairi/Vondran and Shamu/Douven. And also results in male characters also having intense internal struggles and journeys of self discovery in the typical Rivers way.
It's an interesting book, but I kind of hope the last two books of the series go back to focusing on the Hadra, bc after all this is a series I read for magical pacifist lesbian communes, not so much for outsider politics.
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