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Miscellaneous Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley $16.00 / Meisha Merlin / 2000 Athryn Ardfalla and Kirith Kirin have exchanged the crown for thousands of years, each taking a turn as ruler while the other is rejuvenated in Arthen forest. But now Queen Athryn has turned to a magician of the dark arts to preserve her youth and her crown. Kirith Kirin, though he himself is safe in Arthen, nust find a way to save the people from the shadow that the magican has brought to the land. When he summons young Jessex to serve in his shrine, he soon realizes that the boy is the only one who can defeat Athry's magician. In Kirith Kirin, the story of Jessex's coming of age, author Jim Grimsley has created a world rich in magic, from the great towers and cities, to the forest of Arthen. The well-realized characters are easy to love, cheer for, or hate. But as Grimsley attempts to flesh out his world, he ends up providing excessive historical and geographical details. Unfortuately, the final product is overly long and clutered with extraneous information that detracts from a good yarn. Yet despite Kirith Kirin's flaws, Grimsley's fantastic writing is enough to sustain any reader's intererst. Even the most mundane events are made interesting by Grimsley's style, and in the end, this flowing writing makes the book one worth reading, —Sara Polsky

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