Karen Miller was born in Vancouver, Canada, and moved to Australia with her family when she was two. Apart from a three-year stint in the UK after graduating from university with a BA in communications, she's lived in and around Sydney ever since. Karen started writing stories while still in elementary school, where she fell in love with speculative fiction. She's held a variety of interesting jobs but now writes full time.
This is the first volume in a new series that follows on from the 'Kingmaker, Kingbreaker' duo. Ten years after the events of those earlier books, the land of Lur is again under threat. Asher, the hero of The Innocent Mage is forced once more to use his Weather Working magic to stave off the evil influence left behind by the twisted enchantments of Morg. But things have changed in Lur since Morg's earlier defeat. Asher is older now and has a son and daughter--children who have inherited his previously unique ability to practice both types of magic that exist in the land of Lur. As Asher's son, Rafel, grows to maturity he finds himself increasingly at odds with his father as to how he should utilise his magical powers. As floods and earth tremors wrack the land, Rafel embarks on a desperate expedition to find the lost kingdom of Dorana in the hope of bringing magical salvation to his home. Tying in so closely as it does with previous books, this is not a novel to recommend to new readers. The pacing is somewhat slow, especially in Part One, and the overly folksy tone of voice affected by Miller really grates on the nerves before long. Strictly for fans of her earlier work. James Francis is a bookseller at Reader's Feast in Melbourne
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