The Flightless Falcon

by Mickey Zucker Reichert

Overview

With Flightless Falcon, Mickey Zucker Reichert introduces a brand-new fantasy realm certain to attract fans of Nightfall....

An ex-miner down on his luck is sentenced to prison when he's caught stealing to feed his family. When his sentence is up, he discovers his family has been kidnapped. Now he's determined to rescue them-but he can't do it alone. To break into a seemingly impenetrable city, he needs the help of three unlikely allies: a guard, a thief, and a fortune-teller....

Praise for the novels of Mickey Zucker Reichert:

"Good rousing high fantasy."-South Bend Tribune

"Larger than life but believable, a major achievement."-Science Fiction Chronicle

"The characters shine."-Locus

"Her writing is altogether magnificent."-KLIATT

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101663943
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mickey Zucker Reichert is a pediatrician, parent, animal lover, and author of twenty-some novels including Renshai, Nightfall, Barakhai, and Bifrost series, one illustrated novella, and fifty-plus short stories. She can be found at mickeyzuckerreichert.com.

Editorial Reviews

Popular heroic-fantasy author Reichert (The Renshai Chronicles) steps into a brand-new setting for her latest novel. Mentally scarred by a disastrous mining accident, Tamison finds it impossible to obtain decent work in the guild-run city of Lathary. Desperate to feed his growing family, he tries to steal food and ends up spending two years in prison for the crime. When his sentence is over, he returns home to find his wife and children gone without a trace. A city guardsman named Dallan tells him that nearly two years ago they were taken by men of the Brotherhood of rival city Callos to be slaves of evil Lord Mannkorus. Dallan explains that his sister and mother were also taken by the same men; soon he and Tamison team up to free their families. Joining them are Rifkah, a fortune-teller whose talents are not appreciated by the Brotherhood of Lathary, and Con, a mysterious thief who refuses to talk about his past. On the way to Callos, the four find themselves both divided and drawn together by their differences, as danger forces them to depend increasingly on each other. Only when they finally reach their goal do they learn the truth behind the kidnappings and Tamison's imprisonment--a truth that will force Tamison to decide once and for all what to do with his life. Reichert's many fans will enjoy this change of pace (with a hint of a sequel) from the author's generally more lengthy and complicated books, while its intimate scale is sure to draw in new readers as well. (July) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Released from prison after serving his sentence for theft, Tamsin discovers his family has disappeared without a trace. In the company of a fortune teller, a con man, and a guardsman who searches for a missing sister, Tamsin embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue the ones he loves and redeem his personal failures. The author of the "Renshai" novels brings together a quartet of unlikely heroes whose inner conflicts must resolve themselves before they can learn to trust one another and accomplish a seemingly impossible task. A good choice for most fantasy collections. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Library Journal

An accident leaves Tamison fearful of the one job he is qualified for - mining - and his attempts to rebuild his life with a new family and position only lead increasingly into poverty. With imprisonment for theft and eventual freedom he embarks on a journey to locate his family and rebuild his life - a journey which will change his world in this intriguing fantasy.

New fantasy from the author of The Children of Wrath (1998), etc. Down-and-out ex-miner Tamison is forced to steal in order to feed his family. He gets caught and, instead of losing a hand, he's sentenced to two years on the chain gang. After his release he finds that his family vanished right after he was arrested. Lathary city guard Dallan, whose sister has also been kidnapped, befriends Tamison. According to Dallan, the kidnapper was probably Lord Mennkorus, leader of the brotherhood that runs a neighboring city, Callos; those abducted would end up as slaves. Hoping to change his luck, Tamison renames himself Sueldan. He and Dallan join with fortune-teller Rifkah, also persecuted by the Lathary brotherhood, and mysterious drug-addicted warrior Con, whose life Sueldan saved. They attempt to penetrate the Callos brotherhood's HQ, but Sueldan is captured and tortured. Finally, he escapes with a hostage, Lord Hiroise, who insists there's no slavery in Callos. Con agrees and adds that Dallan's sister died years ago. Rifkah's truthsense confirms all this. Sueldan begins to suspect that he's merely a dupe in a vast strategy concocted by Lathary in its incessant war with Callos. A yarn that takes forever to get going. Some ingenious plot convolutions eventually materialize, but mediocre is as good as it gets.

Kirkus Reviews

Praise for The Flightless Falcon

"A brand new setting.... Reichert's many fans will enjoy this change of pace, whiles its intimate scale is sure to draw in new readers." —Publishers Weekly

"[The Flightless Falcon] is quite well-crafted and has any number of twists and turns which kept this reader guessing as to what was going to happen next to our protagonist and his group of helpers." —Vector 220

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