The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence (Wraeththu Histories Series #3) » (First Edition)

STORM CONSTANTINE's "cauldron" has produced a phantasmagoric array of creative works, from the Wraeththu trilogy, to Andrew Collins-inspired works like the Grigori trilogy, to fantastic visions like Calenture, non-fiction books like Egyptian Birth Signs, and dozens of short stories. Storm Constantine lives in England.

The third book in the Histories of the Wraeththu trilogy, this book brings the story of these mysterious successors to humanity to their maturity as an independent race—and answers many questions about their origins.

Publishers Weekly

Set in the far future in a complex multiethnic society, Constantine's solid if slow-paced third installment in her Wraeththu fantasy series (after 2004's The Shades of Time and Memory) focuses on the adventures of two half-brothers, Darquiel and Loki, both sons of the powerful and wise Tigron of Gelaming. Darquiel, the younger, is born of a pearl at a time when Loki is already a seasoned diplomat. When Darquiel enters the realm of the Tigron, he also enters into an intense rivalry with his half-brother for success in diplomacy and magic. Action fans won't welcome the long dialogues that advance diplomatic rather than military solutions to the relations among the various human factions and nonhuman races. Most will appreciate the intelligent handling of telepathy, dreams and ghosts in setting the gothic tone of the book, but a shortage of female characters and the gay sex may turn off some readers. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.