A thousand years ago, the Eleven Domains were invaded and the original inhabitants forced on the road as Travelers, belonging nowhere, welcomed by no-one.

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.

Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame . . . forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.

Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.

Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.

As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee -- bound by their past, their future, and their blood.

Author: Pamela Freeman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 04/07/2008
Series: Castings Trilogy #1
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.89w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9780316033466


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/25/2008 pg. 58
Romantic Times 04/01/2008 pg. 76 - Very Good
Library Journal 04/15/2008 pg. 76

About the Author
Pamela Freeman is an award-winning writer for young people. She has a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney, where she has also lectured in creative writing. She lives in Sydney with her husband and young son. Find out more about the author at www.pamelafreemanbooks.com.