The narration from Heather O'Niell seemed to improve for me this time around.
Nona Grey drives this story, and although she may not be the virtue of saintliness usually required to save the world, you can't help but feel she will accomplish it just the same. This is what separates The Books of the Ancestor series most of all. It is this that makes Nona almost a anti-hero, the opposite of the usual noble savior of all that is good type protagonist that is the norm of this type of fantasy story.
Nona is no pure hearted savior with any feeling of obligation to be humanity's protector, she is angry, and the heat of that anger drives her. Nona's loyalties belong only to her desire for revenge, and the need to protect the only friends she has ever had. Nona is not your common farm girl/boy who discovers that she has some awesome power bestowed to her and feels the need to do right and save the world. So how does Author Mark Lawrence manage to weave a great story within the confines of a well used fantasy theme? It starts with the main protagonist Nona Grey, the heroin of this story. You would think that would be the recipe for a average story with no hope of originality. Grey Sister, and The Books of the Ancestor series, follows along this path we have read many times before. The heroe's powers gather as he/she battles the the forces of evil, a corrupt church, or corrupt monarchy.
Swifted away to some school or monastery to learn their powers before galloping off on a quest to save the world, collecting friends and tropes to help, protect, and die along the way. A child from some forgotten town is discovered to have some power or gift. Before she leaves the convent, Nona must choose which order to dedicate herself to - and whether her path will lead to a life of prayer and service or one of the blade and the fist.Īll that stands between her and these choices are the pride of a thwarted assassin, the designs of a would-be empress wielding the Inquisition like a knife, and the vengeance of the empire's richest lord.Īs the world narrows around her, and her enemies attack her through the system she is sworn to, Nona must find her own path despite the competing pulls of friendship, revenge, ambition, and loyalty.Īnd in all this only one thing is certain: there will be blood. But so often even the deepest truths just make our choices harder. In Mystic Class, Novice Nona Grey has begun to learn the secrets of the universe. īehind its walls, the Convent of Sweet Mercy has trained young girls to hone their skills for centuries.
The second novel in a brilliant fantasy series from the international best-selling author of Prince of Thorns.
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