Fires of Aggar

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Once, long ago, the Council of Aggar sought the help of Diana n'Athena. Bonded to the Blue-Sighted Shadow Elana, the Amazon and her new love successfully adverted an intergalactic conflict that would that destroyed the planet. But over the course of generations, the folly of the Terran Galactic Empire brought war after all and Aggar was again in danger. This time the dey Sorormin Amazons responded with an entire fleet. The metal-poor Aggar would be eradicated without their guardianship and so they came. They brought the technologies and the raw materials Aggar would need to survive, and they brought their families, their livestock and choice crops. For everyone knew, that even before the warring was done, space travel would be a thing of the past, too dangerous to attempt. The Amazons would come to call Aggar home. Gwyn, dey Sorormin and Royal Marshal, is called to the aid of Llinolae, a Blue-Sighted woman and Ruler of Khirla. The brigand Terran Clan is launching bloody raids on Khirla and may be behind a traitorous plot within Llinolae's own household. Llinolae's gift allows her to see out-of-time to receive council from a very precious couple - one Amazon, one Blue-Sighted - but even that is not enough. With the help of Gwyn's bond-mated Sandwolves, and friends Brit n'Minona and the Shadow Sparrow n'Sappho, Gwyn and Llinolae struggle side-by-side against the Clan and find themselves caught in an ever-strengthening bond of love. The excitement, romance and epic adventures of Shadows of Aggar have returned. Sword fights, magical duels, sharp wits and mythical creatures, all converge among the giant trees of Aggar's forests, returning readers everywhere to a beloved world.From Library JournalClan raiders, descendants of colonists stranded on the planet Aggar at the fall of the Galactic Terran Empire, threaten the integrity of the nearby domain of Ramains. Royal Marshall Gwyn, along with her companions, ride to the assistance of Dracoon Llinolae, the physically gifted governor of Ramains's capital. Affirmatively, though not stridently, with a lesbian in focus, this sequel to Shadows of Aggar (New Victoria Pub., 1991) features swashbuckling adventure, palace intrigue, and enough magic and swordplay to appeal to a sizable readership.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From BooklistSince Frank Herbert's Dune broke into mass consciousness in the late 1960s, many science fiction and fantasy readers have come to expect as standard its compelling mix of medieval and high-tech weaponry and mores, hippie consciousness, and politically correct language and viewpoint. Fires of Aggar will not disappoint them. Its detailed prologue provides historical background for the subsequent tale of the Amazons of dey Sorormin (the Sisterhood) who are gifted with the "blue sight," which bestows mystical powers and the ability to see across light-years, and who fight to right the wrongs inflicted on the peaceful Khirlan District by the Terran Clans. What follows is basically a tale of lesbian love set against a backdrop of political intrigue and mystical power-jockeying. With its "lifestone bonding" of partners, creating relationships of such closeness that separation for 10 days could cause death, and with the endearing characters Ril and Ty--loyal, stub-tailed "sandwolves" devoted to the safekeeping of the proud, grieving, and determined heroine, Gwyn'l--it has a fey charm. Whitney Scott