Chains of Gold eBook Nancy Springer
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A doomed king and his wife-to-be attempt to flee their fate in this novel by “the finest fantasy writer of this or any decade” (Marion Zimmer Bradley).
Cerilla, the sheltered, castle-bound protagonist of this inventive and moving fantasy novel, is determined to escape her bloody fate marriage to a king who is to be sacrificed after she bears his child. But Cerilla makes the monumental mistake of falling in love with her god-like husband to be—Arlen of the Sacred Isle—and he with her. Arlen’s devoted comrade Lonn takes Arlen’s place so the lovers can flee. But their escape is just the beginning of an odyssey marked by struggle and hardship as they cope with hyperboreal storms, near starvation, and attack by a band of armed horsemen. As they journey across harsh and fantastic lands, finally making a home beyond the Mountains of the Mysteries, Cerilla discovers how much she is willing to give up in the name of love.
Featuring a mythical world where horses gallop across water and serpents live beneath the earth, Chains of Gold is about finding your path in life, staying true to who you are, and the ultimate meaning of sacrifice. From a winner of the Tiptree Award and other honors, an author who “writes like a dream,” it’s an unforgettable reading experience (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
Cerilla, the sheltered, castle-bound protagonist of this inventive and moving fantasy novel, is determined to escape her bloody fate marriage to a king who is to be sacrificed after she bears his child. But Cerilla makes the monumental mistake of falling in love with her god-like husband to be—Arlen of the Sacred Isle—and he with her. Arlen’s devoted comrade Lonn takes Arlen’s place so the lovers can flee. But their escape is just the beginning of an odyssey marked by struggle and hardship as they cope with hyperboreal storms, near starvation, and attack by a band of armed horsemen. As they journey across harsh and fantastic lands, finally making a home beyond the Mountains of the Mysteries, Cerilla discovers how much she is willing to give up in the name of love.
Featuring a mythical world where horses gallop across water and serpents live beneath the earth, Chains of Gold is about finding your path in life, staying true to who you are, and the ultimate meaning of sacrifice. From a winner of the Tiptree Award and other honors, an author who “writes like a dream,” it’s an unforgettable reading experience (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
Chains of Gold eBook Nancy Springer
This is a beautiful, magical, terrifying story of love and loss and courage. I will be looking for more by this author.Product details
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Chains of Gold eBook Nancy Springer Reviews
I remember first checking this book out of the library when I was a teenager, and in need of beauty and truth. This book delivered. In this love story about star-crossed lovers and magic is a heap of beauty and truth. Nancy Springer wrote a tale about a girl named Cerilla and her lover, Arlen, and made it more than a love story. It's a story about the bonds of friendship,the tie of gratitude, the magic of a religion, and the power of forgiveness and acceptance. I can't recommend this book enough. If only it were in an ebook format.
This is a fantasy swords and magick sort of story set in a world that seems almost vaguely familiar...but not quite. It has a lot of pagan overtones, so should appeal to a pagan readship.
Cerilla is a virgin destined to wed the king-sacrifice and bear a child. Once they are together, he is due to be horribly sacrificed and she will join a crew of white-robed women who were all once with their own king-sacrifice, but now are evermore sworn to be with none. Understandably, many of them are kind of bitter about that. However, Cerilla's story breaks the ancient pattern as she meets and falls in love with Arlen, the chosen one, only to have Lonn, Arlen's friend, step into his place so that they can escape their fate and be together.
The rest of the book is the consequences of this action, both good and bad, as Arlen and Cerilla (now called by the endearment of "Rae") make good their escape and undergo much hardship along the way, both aided and haunted by an unseen presence. Also along the way, the two actually get to really know each other and a truer love blossoms, one that results in a child. Which is where the real problem begins...
This world is beautifully drawn, both with its wonders (such as horses that can run on water and great snakes living beneath the earth) and with its horrors, such as Cerilla's nasty father and the details of the ritual sacrifices of the Sacred Isle.
Well written and poetic, I'd recommend this book...but not really for kids. The themes and some of the graphic descriptions might be just a bit too much for some.
This is a beautiful, magical, terrifying story of love and loss and courage. I will be looking for more by this author.
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