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Another wonderful magical haunting, icy fantasy which derived from Norse legend from the workshop of Catherine Fisher (Catherine Fisher is the author of the Incarceron Trilogy which I love too). as an author, Catherine Fisher, should be far, far better known because she has a rare gift of being able to tell gripping stories in beautiful, shapely prose

The story has all the right elements of a good epic - good rebel-turned-King, mysterious monsters, magic, scheming chancellor, father-figure mentor/warrior, clever bard, spunky heroine, Plenty of quests and fell monsters and creepy woods and etc. It has the spirit of the Norwegian folklore - giants, werewolves, dragon boats and spells....

The setting - Jarlsholm , painted sparsely though strikingly developed. It has all the proper fantasy elements: evil Queen. Gudrun is the right villain- She is threatening, cold, mysterious, and totally ruthless). She can seizes peoples minds and controls them. Gudrun rules the land (and her husband) through fear. Her heart is so cold that it is very easy for her to exiled her own son and to spread malicious rumors about him. Her only weakness: her reflection. It is the reason there are no mirrors in the hold.

Here is 2 of Gudrun brightest sayings which ring so much wisdom-

"'Is the sorrow of power, and its delight.'"
"'They will never love you,' she said, 'never trust you. Power like ours is a terror to them.'"

The story is written in the third person, but is primarily from the vantage point of Jessa. We are never told how old she is, but in the first book, it seems as though she is older than ten, but younger than twenty, maybe about 14 or 15 .She is a feisty heroine. Very independent, But also thoughtful and caring wise and mature for her age. when Jessa and her cousin Thorkil banished to icy Thrasirshall, by Gudrun, he had been afraid to be in the same place with Gudrun's son - Kari, who rumored to be a monster. But then, she finds that Kari is a lonely young boy who has the power to destroy his scheming sorceress mother, and has been sent away because of that.

Kari is awesome! He is shy but super powerful and kind (and so unlike his cold mother) - he has the power to save them all and the the power to match his mother. he stand at the main heart of the plot - the battle between Kari and his mother represent, the battle between love vs. hate, good vs. evil and courage vs. fear, and truth vs. lie.

Even though or spite of him being kept locked in a dungeon for all of his childhood, he still could be kind and watchful and looked in wonder around him. I loves how the ravens follow him everywhere and through their eyes he could watch and learn what happening in the out side world.

Other characters - Kari's caretaker, the kind Brocheal, Skapti, the mysterious poet/skald(troubadour), Hakon, the slave boy, and finally Wulfgar, the new chosen Jarl, after Gudrun disappearance.

In Book 1- Jessa and her cousin Thorkil banished by the evil witch Gudrun (the wife of the current Jarl and a sorceress) from an ice kingdom to the North), to Thrasirshall. The reason for this banishment was because their fathers where loyal to the rightful ex-jarl (king) of Jarlshold. Here they will be incarcerated with Gudrun's son Kari; about whom there are the most terrible tales. He is rumored to be half-man, half-beast and is a figure of dread. After an endless journey, Thorkil and Jessa arrive and, at last meet Kari. He is not as they feared but is a slight winsome young man. His only terror is that he, too, has the power. But he is determined to use the magic wisely

In Book 2 - The Empty Hand. The evil Snow-Walker Queen is gone and a good king reigns. But a mysterious creature is carving a path of destruction towards the king's castle . The creature summoned and sent by Gudrun to cause destruction in the kingdom of Wulfgar. Kari Ragnarrson tells his friends of old that he knows why the creature is coming: he said that it had been sent by Gudrun as a test for him, a test of the powers which he has inherited from her. Ultimately, Kari must come to terms with the full strength of his powers in order to win his struggle and defeat the curse of Gudrun. It is a battle of the spirit which Kari knows he must win

In Book 3 is - The Soul Thieves. It is dramatic conclusion to the "Snow-Walker" trilogy - Gudrun places an enchantment of frost and dreams upon the people of the Jarlshold and steals the soul of the Jarl's young bride. To reclaim the girl, Jessa and her friends must now begin a perilous quest to the land of Snow-Walkers, a place not shown on any map. They must journey beyond the edge of the world, beyond the rift into darkness, where the final battle between Gudrun and her son must take place.


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'THE SNOWWALKER TRILOGY ''THE SNOWWALKER'S SON'' ''THE EMPTY HAND'' ''THE SOUL THIEVES''' [Paperback] CATHERINE FISHER 9780099448068 Books Reviews

Between the recent surge of interest in Norse myths and legends and the popularity of movies like Disney's "Frozen" this is a fine time to turn our attention back to Fisher's underappreciated "Snow-Walker". It has everything you could want - a plucky and engaging young outlaw heroine cheated out of her birthright, and enough snow and ice to frost-bite your fingertips while you hold the book. Add an evil, magic wielding, usurper, Ice Queen Snow-walker and her mysterious, possibly monstrous, child/creature, (who has been exiled to an abandoned frozen castle), and you're all set.

There are several housekeeping items the reader should be aware of. This was originally published as three separate books, ("The Snow-walker's Son", "The Empty Hand", and "The Soul Thieves"), and billed as a trilogy, or "The Snow-walker Sequence". It was reissued in the United States as one volume in three Parts. So, first off, look carefully at what you're buying in order to ensure that you're getting the volume(s) you want. The full tale runs to over 600 pages. Individual volumes are in the 180 to 220 page range. Also be aware that there is a fair amount of overlapping and repetition from Part to Part, reflecting the book's origins as three separate books in a trilogy, but there's no real harm in that.

Because this is a three-part epic fantasy quest adventure some characters disappear from Part to Part and new characters enter late in the game. Players you think will be important may just disappear. The three characters to watch are the rebellious heroine Jessa, the "monster" child Kari, and the evil Snow-walker Queen Gudrun. There are fairly distinct plots and quests from Part to Part and then one overarching arc involving resistance against the evil ice Queen. (MILD PLOT SPOILERS Part 1 mostly involves discovering the identity and powers of the mystery child. Part 2 is the story of how the good guys battle the Queen's terrifying rune beast, and is the most intentionally Beowulf-ish. Part 3 finds evil enchantments and soul thefts caused by the Ice Queen, and wraps up in a final world breaking Mother/Son confrontation.)

This was written for younger readers and the character development is a bit light as a consequence. The writing is crisp and direct, and atmosphere and action and the frozen waste settings are what is emphasized. There's no romance, no deep hero thoughts, and no complex intrigue. There isn't much in the way of violence; this is more along the lines of a battle of wills between Mother and Son. That said, this is still a fantasy actioner, with a magical mythical chaser. The tales are accordingly clearly laid out and fast paced. Fisher is a story teller, and she tells a ripping tale.

Some of this sounds vaguely negative, but it really shouldn't. The overall impression I formed was that this felt like a Celtic/Norse middle grade light version of a Beowulf and Grendel tale, and that's just an excellent sort of book to have available for a younger reader. It's not wand magic; it's not a school daze story; it's not Arthurian. But it is "let's all gather in the Mead Hall and have a tale", and it's just the thing to warm up a winter's chill.
Another wonderful magical haunting, icy fantasy which derived from Norse legend from the workshop of Catherine Fisher (Catherine Fisher is the author of the Incarceron Trilogy which I love too). as an author, Catherine Fisher, should be far, far better known because she has a rare gift of being able to tell gripping stories in beautiful, shapely prose

The story has all the right elements of a good epic - good rebel-turned-King, mysterious monsters, magic, scheming chancellor, father-figure mentor/warrior, clever bard, spunky heroine, Plenty of quests and fell monsters and creepy woods and etc. It has the spirit of the Norwegian folklore - giants, werewolves, dragon boats and spells....

The setting - Jarlsholm , painted sparsely though strikingly developed. It has all the proper fantasy elements evil Queen. Gudrun is the right villain- She is threatening, cold, mysterious, and totally ruthless). She can seizes peoples minds and controls them. Gudrun rules the land (and her husband) through fear. Her heart is so cold that it is very easy for her to exiled her own son and to spread malicious rumors about him. Her only weakness her reflection. It is the reason there are no mirrors in the hold.

Here is 2 of Gudrun brightest sayings which ring so much wisdom-

"'Is the sorrow of power, and its delight.'"
"'They will never love you,' she said, 'never trust you. Power like ours is a terror to them.'"

The story is written in the third person, but is primarily from the vantage point of Jessa. We are never told how old she is, but in the first book, it seems as though she is older than ten, but younger than twenty, maybe about 14 or 15 .She is a feisty heroine. Very independent, But also thoughtful and caring wise and mature for her age. when Jessa and her cousin Thorkil banished to icy Thrasirshall, by Gudrun, he had been afraid to be in the same place with Gudrun's son - Kari, who rumored to be a monster. But then, she finds that Kari is a lonely young boy who has the power to destroy his scheming sorceress mother, and has been sent away because of that.

Kari is awesome! He is shy but super powerful and kind (and so unlike his cold mother) - he has the power to save them all and the the power to match his mother. he stand at the main heart of the plot - the battle between Kari and his mother represent, the battle between love vs. hate, good vs. evil and courage vs. fear, and truth vs. lie.

Even though or spite of him being kept locked in a dungeon for all of his childhood, he still could be kind and watchful and looked in wonder around him. I loves how the ravens follow him everywhere and through their eyes he could watch and learn what happening in the out side world.

Other characters - Kari's caretaker, the kind Brocheal, Skapti, the mysterious poet/skald(troubadour), Hakon, the slave boy, and finally Wulfgar, the new chosen Jarl, after Gudrun disappearance.

In Book 1- Jessa and her cousin Thorkil banished by the evil witch Gudrun (the wife of the current Jarl and a sorceress) from an ice kingdom to the North), to Thrasirshall. The reason for this banishment was because their fathers where loyal to the rightful ex-jarl (king) of Jarlshold. Here they will be incarcerated with Gudrun's son Kari; about whom there are the most terrible tales. He is rumored to be half-man, half-beast and is a figure of dread. After an endless journey, Thorkil and Jessa arrive and, at last meet Kari. He is not as they feared but is a slight winsome young man. His only terror is that he, too, has the power. But he is determined to use the magic wisely

In Book 2 - The Empty Hand. The evil Snow-Walker Queen is gone and a good king reigns. But a mysterious creature is carving a path of destruction towards the king's castle . The creature summoned and sent by Gudrun to cause destruction in the kingdom of Wulfgar. Kari Ragnarrson tells his friends of old that he knows why the creature is coming he said that it had been sent by Gudrun as a test for him, a test of the powers which he has inherited from her. Ultimately, Kari must come to terms with the full strength of his powers in order to win his struggle and defeat the curse of Gudrun. It is a battle of the spirit which Kari knows he must win

In Book 3 is - The Soul Thieves. It is dramatic conclusion to the "Snow-Walker" trilogy - Gudrun places an enchantment of frost and dreams upon the people of the Jarlshold and steals the soul of the Jarl's young bride. To reclaim the girl, Jessa and her friends must now begin a perilous quest to the land of Snow-Walkers, a place not shown on any map. They must journey beyond the edge of the world, beyond the rift into darkness, where the final battle between Gudrun and her son must take place.