![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, fourteen centuries later, it is the humble Vinearts who hold the secret of crafting spells from wines, the source of magic, and they are prohibited from holding power.īut now rumors come of a new darkness rising in the vineyards. But their abuse of power caused a demigod to break the Vine, shattering the power of the mages. Once, all power in the Vin Lands was held by the prince-mages, who alone could craft spellwines, and selfishly used them to increase their own wealth and influence. I’ve already picked up the second book and am reading it directly after this one. Very definitely a first book, its primary purpose is introducing the characters and world, and setting the stage for the later books and it did all of those things very well. Sent into a trade city where his sheltered upbringing leaves him in over his head, he has to struggle to gather this information while also learning his trade. A gifted young student Vineart, Jerzy, ends up tasked with trying to find out information about what’s going on, since Vinearts are naturally very insular and isolated. In a culture where the use of magic has been rather forcibly decoupled from the gathering of political power, a rising threat from a magical source of unknown origin threatens the world. Flesh and Fire is the first novel in the Vineart War trilogy from author and editor Laura Anne Gilman, and actually originated from a request, intended as a joke, from her agent that she write food or wine-based fantasy. ![]()
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