Every Sacred Thing

by Kris Millering
Storm Wilder

Publisher: Kris Millering
Copyright: © 2006  Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
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Printed: 627 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink

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"The Tower must fall."

In Roman Constantinople, the Tower of Hagia Sophia is a law unto itself. The mages who reside there do not interfere in mundane political affairs, and the Empire turns a blind eye to the magic they practice.

Livia Neria's husband, an imperial advisor, has just been murdered in his bed by a demon. Livia must discover who sent the demon who killed him before it strikes again at her and her young daughter.

In a city where words can be deadlier than daggers, nothing at all is as it seems. Livia finds herself playing a desperate game of shifting alliances as she tries to uncover the secrets for which her husband died. Words, blades, intrigue, magic: all of these are weapons one grieving woman must learn how to wield to avenge her husband, and keep herself and her people safe.

The attempt to unravel her husband's secrets will lead Livia into deadly places, and she will find that to defeat her enemies, she may have to become them...

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Just... wow.
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22 Dec 2007
Even though I'm personally acquainted with the authors and am familiar with their other works this one took me by surprise. The novel is rich and enchanting in its development and the mastery of characterisation hides the twists and turns until the last minute.

This is a true "edge of your seat" novel which will leave you at the end with more questions than answers having come full circle from where you began.
A story that will consume you in all the best ways
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11 Apr 2007 (updated 11 Apr 2007)
I already knew I enjoyed Kris' writing--her Mouse stories are the most charming things I've read, and she has a real knack for crafting characters that are complex and who change over time and who seem to walk through life with streamers of Story! caught on their clothes and knotted in their hair.



I knew, because I've been told, that Storm is a master at creating truly evil plot twists. I took that with a grain of salt ... and I shouldn't have.



This book is good. It's very good. The characters are complex in unexpected ways, and the plot is delightfully unpredictable and utterly intriguing. It pulled me in so much that I found myself reading at 2am and so caught up that I didn't want to put it down and go to sleep. It's over 600 pages long, and despite con-exhaustion and having to work I read it in 3 days flat. I can't wait to read everything else they've written.

A twisted tale that leaves you satisified... Every Sacred Thing delivers!
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19 Feb 2007
by tieyah
From the very first page, Every Sacred Thing sucks you into a world that seems historically familiar, but quickly takes a precarious turn into magick, murder, and fantasical characters. It is a tale fraught full of intrigue, and with the main characters of Livia, a recently widowed woman and her bodyguard mage Darius, who becomes her lover, they encounger characters who walk the very fine lines between good, doing good despite their base intentions, creating evil by action, and becoming evil in spite of their best intentions. A MOST SATISFYING read! I look forward to more from these creative and talented authors.

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