Angel of Storms

by Trudi Canavan

Overview

International No.1 bestselling author Trudi Canavan returns with the second novel in the Millennium's Rule series -- her most powerful and thrilling adventure yet.

Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds. News arrives that the formidable ruler of all worlds, long believed to be dead, is back and enforcing his old laws -- including the one forbidding schools of magic. As teachers and students flee, Tyen is left with no home and no purpose. . .except the promise he made to Vella, the sorcerer imprisoned in a book. Tyen must decide what he is willing to do to free her.

After five years among the tapestry weavers of Schpeta, Rielle's peaceful new life has been shattered by a local war. As defeat looms, the powerful Angel of Storms appears and invites Rielle to join the artisans of his celestial realm. But what will he require in return for this extraordinary offer?

Escape to a new world.

Discover the magic of Trudi Canavan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316324953
Publisher:	Orbit
Publication date:	11/17/2015
Series:	Millennium's Rule , #2
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	311,697
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Trudi Canavan published her first story in 1999 and it received an Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story. Her debut series, The Black Magician Trilogy, made her an international success and five of her novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers in the UK. Trudi Canavan lives with her partner in Melbourne, Australia, and spends her time writing, painting and weaving.

Editorial Reviews

09/28/2015
Canavan’s disappointing second worlds-spanning Millennium’s Rule novel (after Thief’s Magic) introduces two characters living small existences in the worlds of their birth and then draws each of them into the grand setting of many worlds connected by magic and the sorcerers who are powerful enough to journey between them. Rielle Lazuli is an artist who is invited to leave her isolated and magic-poor world by a powerful sorcerer; Tyen Ironsmelter is an inventor and a teacher at a magic school. When the Raen, the ruler of all the worlds, returns after a long absence, Rielle and Tyen are drawn into the struggles of the powerful: one trained by the Raen’s most trusted leader, the other at the head of a gathering rebellion. This secondary-world epic develops slowly. Tyen has an interesting personal goal and pursues it avidly, but Rielle is mostly passive, her characterization limited to her instant attraction to any powerful man in her vicinity. It’s a shame to see such an interesting setting dragged down by weak characterization and a tepid plot. Agent: Fran Bryson, Bryson Agency (Australia). (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"Canavan creates a suspenseful master-piece with Angel of Storms...This page-turner has twists in nearly every chapter, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. The shocking ending will have fans desperate for the sequel." —RT Book Reviews

"[Canavan's] magical world is brilliantly conceived."—RT Book Reviews on The Magician's Apprentice

"Delightful... a vivid and enjoyable experience."—SFX Magazine on Thief's Magic

"Rielle's story entrances... leaving readers eager for the next two volumes."—Publisher's Weekly on Thief's Magic

"The darling of the fantasy fiction scene returns with a magical new trilogy to delight loyal readers and newcomers alike....Canavan cleverly keeps you guessing...definitely an inviting introduction to the series."—SciFi Now on Thief's Magic

"Will hook readers immediately and they won't be able to put this thrill-ride of a book down."—RT Book Reviews on Thief's Magic

"This captivating tale has already been hailed by critics as a 'must for lovers of good fantasy."—Marie Claire (Australia) onThe Magicians' Guild

From the Publisher

2018-01-23
This second entry in the Millennium's Rule fantasy series (Thief's Magic, 2014) moves nimbly and authoritatively among magical worlds and ideas.In long, alternating narrative sections, stories unfold of two people constrained and conflicted by difficult or harrowing circumstances. Although these intersect only rarely and obliquely, we come to trust that, singly or combined, they will assume critical importance at some juncture; Canavan does not disappoint. Artist Rielle Lazuli lives in a remote world so depleted in magic that attempting to use it is forbidden. Valhan, the godlike Angel of Storms, learns that Rielle actually creates new magic by exercising her creativity and offers her a place among similar artisans—but then inexplicably abandons her on a desert world. She's rescued by the Travelers, interworld traders who reveal that the cruel and ruthless sorcerer who rules all the worlds, the Raen, has returned after a 20-year absence, during which many of the laws he imposed have been ignored. Raen and Angel are one and the same, the Travelers say—an assertion Rielle rejects. Meanwhile, Tyen Ironsmelter became an inventor and teacher at a school for magic, having fled his home world after refusing to surrender Vella, a woman magically turned into a book a millennium ago. When the Raen returns, Tyen's new associates abandon the school and warn that Tyen must serve the Raen or be destroyed. Desperate, Tyen strikes a bargain: the Raen agrees to investigate how to restore Vella to human form; in exchange Tyen must spy on a rebel group seeking to overthrow the Raen. Though the characters possess no great personality or depth, the pace is relentless and culminates with a jaw-dropping trial of moral strength.A page-turning, twisty, inventive addition to an addictive series that amply fulfills the promise of the previous book.

Kirkus Reviews