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Cold Iron
Written by Stina Leicht
Narrated by Michael Crouch, Morgan Hallett and Suzy Jackson
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
For centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race’s natural magical talents to retain its elevated
and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination
attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling
against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.
Nels, the only kainen in Eledore to study the Acrasians, understands the threat they pose and relinquishes his
standing as heir to join the army, while Suvi supports the kingdom from within as admiral of the dwindling Eledorian
navy and the new heir to the crumbling throne. Slow to change, the Eledorians soon face the Acrasians’ vast military
armed with muskets and cannon.
But a revolution is coming, and along with it the possible end of a kingdom. The assumptions of generations
will be turned on their head as kainen and human clash, love and friendship are found and tested, and war comes as
unwelcome as cold iron
and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination
attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling
against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.
Nels, the only kainen in Eledore to study the Acrasians, understands the threat they pose and relinquishes his
standing as heir to join the army, while Suvi supports the kingdom from within as admiral of the dwindling Eledorian
navy and the new heir to the crumbling throne. Slow to change, the Eledorians soon face the Acrasians’ vast military
armed with muskets and cannon.
But a revolution is coming, and along with it the possible end of a kingdom. The assumptions of generations
will be turned on their head as kainen and human clash, love and friendship are found and tested, and war comes as
unwelcome as cold iron
Author
Stina Leicht
Stina Leicht is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in central Texas. Her second novel, And Blue Skies from Pain, was on the Locus Recommended Reading list for 2012. She was an Astounding Award for Best New Writer finalist in 2011 and in 2012. In 2011 she was also shortlisted for the Crawford Award. She is also the author of Loki’s Ring.
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Reviews for Cold Iron
Rating: 3.5312499 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
16 ratings1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An entertaining Fantasy novel set in a world with a 1700's level of technology, and primarily concerned with a declining kingdom of Scandinavian-style elves at war with their petty, venal, neighbors, the humans.
The plot wraps up well enough to be pretty satisfying, but there are so many unsatisfyingly incomplete elements that I classify this as first-in-an-incomplete-series rather than standalone-with-sequel-potential.