

Maeve learns that she, too, is part of the Dreamwen line. Both Dorjan and Saravelda are hiding secrets of the past, but they must trust each other before they can act to overcome the darkness threatening the Healer’s Keep.Īcross the ocean in Sliviia a talented slave girl named Maeve is sold to Lord Morlen, a man who inspires terror in all who meet him. The other calls herself Sara, but she is the Princess Saravelda, daughter of King Landen and Queen Torina. One is Dorjan, a mysterious young man, the first foreigner ever admitted to the Keep, and heir to the family of Dreamwens-people who can walk in dreams. So much so that I finally decided to continue with the series and actually finally read the second and also buy the third book in the series. If I read this for the first time in 2022 I would probably be more critical about, but while I was re-reading my nostalgia kicked in and was set to “happy and enjoy” and for this, the book delivered.

I also know that in my teens I read The Seer and the Sword quite a few times. I remember how much I liked this in my teens and that is like 20+ years ago now. Review: I think it’s hard to review a book that you have so much nostalgia with. Can Torina’s gift – to look into the future of others – help her win back what is rightly hers? An evil usurper takes over her rightful throne, and the kingdom is ruled by cruelty and fear. The boy prince is offered to Torina as a slave, but she frees him from his bonds and their unusual friendship develops in the years that follow.īut Torina faces terrible danger – she has an amazing gift that many would kill for, and when her father is brutally murdered she is forced to flee for her life. Flame-haired Princess Torina knows nothing of battles and conquest until her father, the king of Bellandra, returns home with an orphaned prince from the neighbouring enemy kingdom.
