Priestess of the White - Trudi Canavan

"Circlians and Dreamweavers had always hated each other. Circlians hated Dreamweavers because Dreamweavers didn't worship the gods. Dreamweavers hated the gods because they had killed their leader, Mirar." Sound familiar? In any civilisation on every world the stories play out of the same roots of belief and distrust and misbelief. This world is unnamed…though a map is provided to show the relationships between the main lands of Northern Ithania, Sennon, Southern Ithania and the outlying Dunway, Hania, and Genria to the north, Mur and Dekkar to the south - not to mention the remote isle of ... more

This is the first book in a new series by Trudi Canavan, who is truly a brilliant fantasy writer. She would also be an excellent introduction to fantasy writing for anyone not yet into this genre. After reading the Black Magician trilogy, I bought this book as soon as it was available and was certainly not disappointed! Once again Trudi Canavan draws you right into the world she creates. Her characters are so well portrayed, so complex, that the reader becomes deeply involved with their lives. I think this is one of her greatest strengths: never before have I felt quite so involved with the ... more

After, the succesful, The Dark Magician Trilogy, comes Trudi Canavans new series . The First Book Priestess of White The Priests/Priestess of White are normal mortals that have been given gifts from thr gods. Trudi Canavan has created a very realistic world. The Story starts off with a girl who negotiates the release of her town for hostages. Later on in the book, the girl becomes a priestess of white, one of the most powerful magicians in the world. The Story line, carries on and you find out about 3 main factions, the pentradians, the white and the dreamweavers. I'll explain the other ... more

I picked this up in the W H Smith at Heathrow airport because I couldn't find anything by my usual authors ( David Gemmill, Raymond E Feist et al). I have to confess I don't always adapt to new authors styles very well but I found this book instantly enthralling. The storyline picks some established fantasy themes and adds some new twists and touches that give it a truly original style. Interesting new races abound and are conjured with an impressive level of detail and depth that fills the imagination of the reader with a world of implied history. You are brought up to speed with this new ... more

all i can say is this book is stunning taking you through the life of a priestess that becomes one of the white an asisstant to the 5 gods that rule the land, once becoming a white she becomes imortal and can read peoples minds she can speak telepthically witht he other 4 white that serve the gods. she learns how to fly and the adventure begins, a war is a brewing between the 2 sides of the lands and the pristess has to make aliances with other races so they can win the war, she travels al over the lands coming accross new exciting races with other people who can fly and others who live in ... more

This book has some of the most different characters compared to other fantasy's and even tho like with most fantasy books you no the good are going 2 win this book leaves u wondering how the goodies are. this is a great follow up 2 her first series which as with this 1 has really well developed characters. this book is defiantly worth reading if ur new to fantasy or like i was and geting sick of the same story over over again with different names and places. the second book is also out now and if u like this 1 which im sure u will is worth a read there is also a third and final 1 due out next ... more