Fire and Flood

Prophet of Panamindorah #3

by Abigail Hilton

Nothing unites old enemies like new ones. This is especially true for the inhabitants of Panamindorah as they begin to set aside their differences to fight their true enemies. In Laven-lay, wolflings and wood fauns are sharing counsel for the first time in a generation. In Danda-lay, cliff fauns and cats have joined forces in a last desperate attempt to save the city from the swamp faun invaders. In Kazar swamp, cats and their shelts have been reunited after hundreds of years of separation and abuse. But have all these answers and reunions come too late? Time is running out to stop their true enemy. The ruin of Selbis is awaking to welcome her king. Gabalon is coming home. This is the third book in The Prophet of Panamindorah trilogy.

Genres: Fantasy

Audio Podcast

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Abigail Hilton writes fantasy books, including Hunters Universe, Pirates of Wefrivain, The Prophet of Panamindorah, and the Eve and Malachi Series.

She also publishes under A. H. Lee, including The Incubus Series and The Knight and the Necromancer.

Reviews

[Maki ⌒☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fire and Flood is the final book in the Prophet of Panamindorah trilogy. And it did a very nice job of tying everything up.

We're given the answer to Corry's identity almost as soon as the book starts. Once more, the story doesn't really stay focused on him, but rather splits up and follows everybody. While he's an integral part of the story, and the final battle never would have been won without him, Corry is definitely not the only main character.

There's also a bit more information about the Firebird here, which I probably could have used for context in the Cowry Catcher books, if I had actually bothered to read these in order. Not much more information, but it's explained better than it was in the other series.

It was nice to see how much some of the characters have grown over the series, especially Chance and Syrill. I never saw the Laylan thing coming, though. Well, not entirely. From his height alone, you can tell he's not a pure-bred foxling.

This book definitely had a more fairy tale feel to it than the previous two did, or any of the Cowry Catcher books. I absolutely adored Laylan and Fenrah's quest. The whole city out of time, and the past, present and future was just wonderfully done.

The fight with Gabalon was...you know how people complained and complained about the final battle in Fable 2? This felt a lot like that to me. There was a lot of build up to the final battle, but when it finally happened, it wasn't as big as you expected it to be. It wasn't a bad thing (I happen to love the way Fable 2 handled that fight), and it was definitely the smartest way to defeat Gabalon. I just expected it to end up being much bigger than it was.

Between Prophet and Cowry Catcher, I still think Cowry Catchers was my favorite series. Prophet definitely grew on me, though.

[Jason Buberel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This three-part series was a fun read, somewhere between Young Adult and regular fantasy material. The richness of the creatures that inhabit the world was creative and interesting, and the individual character development was well done.

[Trmeemat · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is totally exelent. I like it.

[Cecilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much faster pacing than the first two. All had a good story, but this one drew me in faster.

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lighthearted and interesting mostly YA story.

[Savannah Latham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great YA novel

[Lilyana Bone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked book three. It was nice to see *spoiler* the characters I'd fallen in love with in books one and two falling in love with each other, depending on one another, whether vile enemy, friend or foe, and working together to make a new Panamindorah. I actually could see rereading book one now that the world is so clear in my brain and I'm attached to the characters so much more then I was on my first read. This is a very interesting world to step into and I can actually envision little shelts gracing the shelves of toy stores one day. Don't be afraid to jump in if your up for all three novels. Whatever you do don't stop after book one.

[Jason Kivela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anyone that likes high-fantasy should listen to The Prophet of Panamindorah. There are three books, all great. While the summary makes it sound like it's your typical "kid falls into a fantasy world" kinda of story, it ends up being more focused on the politics and events of a war between the races. Yet with a lot of action. Very well done, and a good original world. There is enough classical fantasy elements that people can understand, but enough new races and world rules that it's interesting.

[Miramira Endevall · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story, but probably wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it to others. And I have another linguistic rant that goes out to ALL of my favorite podcasters (this means you, Norm): For crying out loud, learn how to pronounce the words you use!!! i.e. "deign" is not pronounced "dean," "skein" is not pronounced "skin," "drown" is not pronounced "drownd" ("we're going to drownd!")and the emphasis is on the first syllable of the word "formidable," not the second. Abby managed to use a number of two-dollar words correctly in context, but mispronounced so many of them that I lost count.

[Garrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a furry but this series wasn't too bad. IMO the ending felt hacked together. The series is not so much a trilogy, but a large book with three spines. Obviously meant for younger readers. Why do I always age inappropriate books to read?

[Sandra Mckenzie]

Great stories, sorry to see them end