This strong debut should draw in fantasy readers of all stripes." Most of the time the Moontide Bridge lies deep below the sea, but every twelve years the tides sink and the bridge is revealed, its gates open for trade. Hair portrays a stark and beautiful world breaking apart, with both good and evil characters desperate to reshape it through magic, war, and treachery. In a starred review of Mage's Blood, Publisher's Weekly said, "This multilayered beginning to the Moontide Quartet plunges readers into a taut network of intrigue and mystery that tightens with each chapter. Mage's Blood, the first volume of a series called The Moontide Quartet, is Hair's first work of adult fantasy. Martin, Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss' - Library Journal Mage's BloodÄavid Hair is the award-winning writer of two young adult fiction series, The Aotearoa and The Return of Ravana (based on the Vedic epic The Ramayana). 'A complex world populated by a rich and diverse cast of characters. Vast forces collide and ordinary people make heart-rending choices that will shake the world. An epic fantasy, rich in intricate plots, intrigue and treachery. But the people of the east have been preparing - and, this time, they are ready for a fight. The Rondian emperor, overlord of the west, is hell-bent on ruling both continents, and for the last two Moontides he has led armies of battle-magi across the bridge on crusades of conquest, pillaging his way across Antiopa. But once every twelve years, the Moontide sees the waters sink to their lowest point and the Leviathan Bridge is revealed, linking east to west for twenty-four short months. Urte is divided, its two continents separated by impassable seas. Now three seemingly ordinary people will decide the fate of the world. Mage's Blood - The Moontide Quartet Book 1 But for all these massing powers, it is three ordinary people - a failed mage, a market girl and a jaded mercenary - who will determine the fate of the world. Now the Third Crusade is mustering, and this time the peoples of the East will fight back. At first, traders went back and forth across the bridge, but then the Rondian Empire - hell bent on ruling the East - sent its first two Crusades, and its mage-led armies pillaged their way across the new world. Most of the time the Leviathan Bridge lies deep below the sea, but every twelve years, when the tides sink and the Moontide comes, it is revealed - linking Eastern and Western continents.
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