Fire and Rain

Songs of the Seasons #4

by Janine K. Spendlove

This short story features trilogy favorites, Adair the dryad and Eisrus the elf, in a back story to War of the Seasons: The Half-blood.

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 12, 2014

About the author

Janine K. Spendlove is a retired United States Marine Corps KC-130 pilot. In the Science Fiction and Fantasy World she is primarily known for her best-selling trilogy, War of the Seasons and Star Wars: Inbrief. She has several short stories published in various speculative fiction anthologies, to include Time Traveled Tales, Athena’s Daughters, and War Stories. Janine is also a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), Women in Aerospace (WIA), and BroadUniverse (BU). A graduate of Johns Hopkins University: School of International Studies (SAIS) and Brigham Young University (BYU), Janine loves pugs, sewing, and playing Beatles tunes on her guitar. She resides with her family in Northern Virginia and is currently at work on her next novel. Find out more at JanineSpendlove.com.

Reviews

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one almost got 4 stars, until it ended abruptly on a "please read my books" cliffhanger. The characters here are more nuanced and feel more like movers of the plot (rather than the other way around) that the previous 3 stories. I suspect this one was written much later in the series' life than at least the first two.

I highly recommend that you read these short stories in order, as they do all intersect here. I also would suggest that some or all (not sure which) of the main series be read before these; there were clearly "off screen" events referenced here for which I had little context. If the series these belong to progress similarly to these short stories, this should be a trilogy I can enjoy.

[Jon Allanson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short story focusing on one of my favorite characters from The Human. A good read, and one that leaves me wanting to dive right into the next book, The Half-Blood, to see what happens next.