{"id":111678,"date":"2020-02-20T14:43:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=111678"},"modified":"2023-03-15T12:05:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:05:23","slug":"sword-of-fire-review-a-new-act-in-the-cycle-of-deverry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/books\/sword-of-fire-review-a-new-act-in-the-cycle-of-deverry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword Of Fire Review: A New Act In The Cycle of Deverry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a decade since Kathereine Kerr last visited her Celtic fantasy world of Deverry; a land filled with a delightful mix of magic, elves, and warring lords. With<em><strong> Sword Of Fire<\/strong> <\/em>she makes a captivating return, delivering an enticing new story full of adventure and political intrigue.<\/p>\n<p>The novel focuses on Alyssa, a gifted scholar who uncovers a forgotten truth about how the rulers of the land came to power and how they kept it. Her discovery sets her on a quest to try and change the status quo of a world steeped in tradition. On her search for truth, she enlists the help of Cavan, a disgraced mercenary known as Silver Dagger for whom a hefty payday may not be the only reward to seeing Alyssa succeed.<\/p>\n<p>If you have never heard of Deverry before then <em><strong>Sword Of Fire<\/strong><\/em> doesn\u2019t leave you cold. Kerr\u2019s well-crafted, multi-layered and deeply evolved world enables the reader to drop\u00a0in at the deep end right from the off. The landscapes, the culture and the atmosphere are a palpable backdrop into which Kerr gently inserts her instantly affable and relatable characters. The Celtic fantasy world is steeped in a solid history that carefully unravels with each chapter, slowly revealing what lies beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Kerr\u2019s world-building is perhaps the greatest accomplishment for the book, yet underneath it all sits a tale with underlying themes of government corruption, hidden agendas and what it means to question traditional values. These ideas add intriguing, complex depths to deliver an original and inspiring story<\/p>\n<p>Billed as the first novel in a brand-new trilogy, <em><strong>Sword Of Fire<\/strong><\/em> is a great jumping off point for new and existing readers alike and provides an intelligent and emotional new story that truly has something to say.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sword Of Fire is out now from\u00a0Harper Collins.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We go back to Deverry with Katherine Kerr&#8217;s latest novel Sword Of Fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":111685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[1624],"tags":[6761],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sword-of-Fire.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127424,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111678\/revisions\/127424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}