The element of fire

by Martha Wells

1993 · 382 pages

magic
science fiction
fantasy

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About this book

“The kingdom of Ile-Rien lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious court intrigues. It falls to Thomas Boniface, Captain of the Queen’s Guard and Ravenna’s former lover, to sort out who is friend, who is foe in a deadly game to keep the Dowager Queen and the kingdom she loves from harm. But is one man’s steel enough to counter all the magic of fayre?” - (stand-alone novel set in Ile-Rien) - from MarthaWells.com.

Quotes by Martha Wells

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That sounded like a great plan, in that it didn’t involve me.
They’re academics, surveyors, researchers, not action-hero explorers from the serials I liked because they were unrealistic and not depressing and sordid like reality.
SecUnits don’t care about the news…mostly because the news was boring and I didn’t care what humans were doing to each other as long as I didn’t have to a) stop it or b) clean up after it.