The Impossible Contract

WOW!!!!! That one word, there are few trilogies that set-up the second book as better, much, much better than the first one, THIS is one of those, the first book was about laying out the Desert world of the Cousins(I do not have a better catch phrase), at first I thought it was just assassins pure and simple with a bit of magic, there are a lot of those around, but then came the healers, the marabi, then in Book two we are introduced to the en-marabi(I do hope I am right, since I honestly do not know if those two mean the same marab and marabi, I tried googling the words and they came out different, as the author is a linguist, I would love to ask her!!!!).

Book two just progressed from being familiar with your backyard(or backcity), to opening your horizons, now we see the bigger cities and we are introduced to an empire that cites Gahdid as a satellite city, The Mehewrat Empire ruled by the Empress, the story starts with Amastan(the hero from the first book) and Thana the daughter of the Serpent of Ghadid, unfortunately Amastan just became a footnote here, a little bit of action here and there(but honestly, he was ummmmmmmm.......), So Thana, the newest cousin to “graduate”, as far as the saying that the apple does not fall far from the tree, this does not apply to her, there are actions, reactions that simply is just Thana, none of her “legendary” mother's calculated thinking(truth be said though, Thana must be very, very young still), I wonder what Ms. Doore's reason was for portraying Amastan, the way he is and for portraying Thana in her own pay, such a marked difference, getting back to the story, as the story broaden, same with the characters viewpoint, we are introduced to Heru, the second emissary of the Mehewrat Empire and a healer Mo, the meeting of the three primary protagonists and their subsequent adventure is where book two revolves around in.

Honestly, this was a really fantastic story, the actions never die down, the lore just keeps building and the interaction between the three is funny, lovely(well I am not that affected by gay romance, but it still is a view that needs getting used to and understand), and not at all “dry”, Heru is such a fascinating character that sometimes, I feel he became the focal point of the story, but again Ms. Doore's ability to shine all her characters to his/her own spotlight, when the situation suggests, you appreciate them more.........

I have started reading the third book as I write this and again........well, that is how interesting this trilogy is..........