Robin D. Owens Sorceress of Faith

Sorceress of Faith

Robin D. Owens

Luna, Feb 2006, $13.95, 400 pp.

ISBN 0373802218

Monsters from the Dark were getting through holes created when segments of the magic fenceposts died; the people of Lladrana did not know how to repair the damage, or recharge the magic, until the Exotic Alexa from Earth figured it out and destroyed the monsters in the latest battle. Unfortunately one of the monsters, a sangvile, escaped and killed the parents of the sorcerer circlet Jaquar.

The Sorcerers summon a new Exotic, and Jaquar plans to use her to travel the planes and kill the malevolent maw spawning new monsters. Marian is conducting a Wiccan ritual when she is thrust through the dimensional portal and ends up in Lladrana, where she is first trained by the master sorcerer circlet, and later by Jaquar himself. As he gets to know Marian, he abandons his plans because he does not want to send the woman he loves into danger that probably means her death. Although Marian wants to stay in Lladrana, she has a brother that she loves very much on Earth that she can't abandon, and a betrayal by people she has come to trust makes her doubt her feelings about those she came to save.

One of the great things about Robin D. Owens' ongoing Luna series is that each book can stand alone, yet there remains continuity through the return of heroes and champions from the previous tale. This sword and sorcery fantasy, complete with Pegasus, a sentient hamster, and an enigmatic fairy, is so fascinating that readers find themselves caught up in in the magic of reading. SORCERESS OF FAITH is romantic fantasy at its very best.