This is the final volume of the ‘Tide Lords’ quartet. From the first volume, The Immortal Prince, onwards Fallon has taken her readers on a journey further and further away from the usual fantasy expectations. Starting with a setting any fantasy reader would recognise, Fallon peels away the layers of her world and characters to reveal that nothing is as it seems. Arkady, former Duchess of Lebec, is held prisoner by the brutal Jaxyn. Cayal, the Immortal Prince, has found a way to die. Declan Hawke, former Spymaster to the King of Lebec, is now an Immortal and has discovered that not all Immortals are equal and there may be a way to be rid of them. Lukys, most mysterious and knowledgeable of the Immortals, seeks to leave the world forever. At the core of all their plans, whether they know it or not, lies the Chaos Crystal, the key to saving the world or destroying it. But with so many games and so many players can anyone or anything be trusted? The finale of this series is everything fans hoped it would be and more. Just like the earlier titles it’s dynamic, compelling and not at all what they expect.

Stefen Brazulaitis is a customer service manager and genre specialist at Borders Perth, WA

This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker

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