Chasing Fire

Five Countries #3

by Michelle M. Welch

Michelle M. Welch has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Library Science, which she uses in her day job as a reference librarian at Chandler Public Library. Michelle has also studied music and played with symphony orchestras, traditional Irish musicians, and Renaissance music groups. Her previous two novels, "Confidence Game" and "The Bright and The Dar"k were published by Bantam Spectra in October 2003 and August 2004, respectively. "From the Paperback edition."

Genres: Fantasy

ebook

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Reader, writer, librarian, finder of random stuff, reluctant cat person, sometime musician, generalist.

Reviews

[Salimbol · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has come as a very pleasant surprise - intelligent, gritty, perceptive and quite challenging (especially in terms of narrative structure). I do feel as if I'm missing pieces of a much larger puzzle, as some aspects of the story were obviously related to what happened in earlier books in the series (I didn't realise it wasn't a stand alone!), and I think I would benefit from a re-read, to be able to judge it properly as a whole. Nevertheless, I'm pretty impressed, and I will be seeking out more of Welch's books.

[Lane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like these characters and the world she’s built for them and there are lots of important themes being examined here, lots of thought about choice and time and relationship and purpose. This is not an author who falls for the mirage of tying up all the loose ends in happy bows. She loosened a couple of knots but and left some hints at the resolution of a few more but there were several questions unanswered as well.

[Donald · Rating 2 out of 5]

A second reading. The novel ties up the story threads of Elzith and Tod, though the ending seemed a little too "god in the machine" for my tastes. I liked this better five years ago when I read it the first time, did not hold up that well.

[Child_reborn · Rating 1 out of 5]

what was this.. some lame attempt at post apocalypse steam punk society?

Couldn't digest half of it