Besieged

Rowena Cory Daniells

Jun 2012 · The Outcast Chronicles Book 1 · Solaris

About this eBook

Sorne, the estranged son of a King on the verge of madness, is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father is planning to lay siege to the Celestial City, the home of the T’En, whose wyrd blood the mundane population have come to despise. Within the City, Imoshen, the only mystic to be raised by men, is desperately trying to hold her people together. A generations long feud between the men of the Brotherhoods and the women of the sacred Sisterhoods is about to come to a head.
With war without and war within, can an entire race survive the hatred of a nation? 
Rowena Cory Daniells, the creator of the bestselling Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin, brings you a stunning new fantasy epic, steeped in magic and forged in war.

Ratings and reviews

An interesting premise with a world that definitely grabbed my attention but failed to capitalise on what made it interesting. I could only give the book three stars as I felt that the author relied too heavily on time skips, which though justified in terms of the story being told, hurt character development overall.

About the author

Rowena Cory Daniells is the author of the bestselling series The Chronicles of Kin Rolen's Kin and The Outcast Chronicles. She is devoted to her family (husband and 6 children) and writing. In her spare time she studies Tae Kwon Do, Aikido and Iaido, the art of the Samurai sword.