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Customer Review #1:
A Tale of Political Intrigue and Betrayel
Enter the world of Isvalta, where nothing is similar to that of the workings of the real world. Or at least, that is what Bridget Lederle found out. Bridget Lederle was a Lighthouse Keeper on Sand Island in Lake Superior, shunned by the local community, she has had to keep the light with just herself and some friends of the family. The loss of her father, and her baby sits heavily on her shoulders...and she believes her life will be this way forever. That is, until the fateful night where she rescues a man named Valin from being consumed by the lakes rage and shoals. Promising her glory and fame he takes her to the world of Isvalta, where many things happen that do not in the real world. Where magic can be woven into even the simplest things. Bridget is told that she must save the Empire, for she is a powerful sorceress. Is what Valin tells her to be believed? Read this great book to find out!
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Customer Review #2:
A good fantasy beginning
Since the mid 1990s, Sarah Zettel has been primarily known for her award-winning SF titles, but with A Sorcerers Treason she makes her first foray into the fantasy realm.Zettel has created a world (Isavalta) based on an combination of Eastern European and Asian mythologies. Although the character names are incredibly unpronouncable, the characters themselves are fully realised and full of life. Beginning at the turn of the nineteenth century in a Lake Superior lighthouse, A Sorcerers Treason winds up taking Bridget (our main character) into the magical world of Isavalta. What Bridget finds there affects her deeply and her life in the lighthouse will never be the same. Isavalta is a land torn apart by a feuding royal family and a magical rift. Somehow, Bridget finds herself locked in the middle of a struggle that could destroy an empire...and a people. Sarah Zettel, in the style of Andre Norton and Sara Douglass, is poised with A Sorcerers Treason to take her place in the fantasy realm just as she has with SF.
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Customer Review #3:
 Great!!
I bought this book because I liked the cover (the UK version have beutiful covers) and it looked like other books I liked. It also said "if you loved Robin Hobb, youll love this!" and they were right!Sarah Zettel has a great language, great characters and a wonderful imagination. After the first chapters youre completely into the story and cant put it down. Her characters have depth and feel real, they all have their reasons and feelings for doing what they do, no ones pure evil or pure good, they are all real people. The first book is in "present" time, the second book is about what happend before the first book. At first it feels a little bit irritating, but after just two chapters youre completely into the book and cant stop reading and dont mind it anymore. The writer has some original ideas, many of them very imaginative. I like writers that really make a new world and have a new idea about magic and fantasy - without getting lost into it and getting pathetic. I can really recommend this series to anyone who likes Robin Hobb, George RR Martin, Diana Wynne Jones, and the like. Great series, Im so glad I finally bought it!
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