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The Icemark Chronicles #1: The Cry of the Icemark
by Stuart Hill

The Icemark Chronicles #1: The Cry of the Icemark
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Author: Stuart Hill
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-01
ISBN: 0439686261
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: The Chicken House

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Book Review: A Brilliant Debut Novel!
Summary: 4 Stars

"The Cry of the Icemark" by Stuart Hill was a brilliant adventure/quest/coming of age story about the young princess Thirrin Freer Strong-In-The-Arm-Lindinshield of the small kingdom of the Icemark. Thirrin is a feisty heroine who never gives up when it comes to defending her country. Her beliefs and doubts about the upcoming war that she must face from the fierce Scipio Bellorum of the Polyponitian Empire are very believable and fuel most of her emotional parts of the story. The idea that Thirrin must travel to the land-of-the-ghosts to befriend werewolves, vampires, and giant snow leopards as her allies was very intriguing and were my favorite parts of the story (besides the amazing climax!). Thirrin must accomplish this daunting task with the help of my favorite character from the story, Oskan, a young warlock. Oskan was a different sidekick; he was Thirrin's royal adviser and treated her as no other person had treated her before. When you first meet him, he is a poor peon who did not care that Thirrin was a princess and treats her as any other person, maybe just what she needed. Oskan essentially shows the real person behind Thirrin's masked toughness which Hill conveys through most of the novel. Hill masterfully shows the real people and maturation behind these two young characters who must take on so much at such a young age. Overall, this story had some flaws of a first novel, such as somewhat bad pacing in the beginning; but the reward of Hill's rich descriptions, vivid characters and their emotions and developments as real people, and the sheer imagination and passion that Hill brought to his story and the lessons it shows such as bravery and never doubt yourself, encompass the spirit of this amazing first novel. I look forward to the next book from this talented new author.

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