Bound in darkness from Kim ten Tusscher
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Lilith, a young and rare dragon changer, was stolen by the uncompromising prophet Kasimirh when she was a baby. The prophet aims to convert the world to the faith of Jacob and does not shy from bloody war to achieve his goal. Kasimirh uses Lilith as a tool of mass destruction to terrorise his enemies into submission. When Lilith, after years of indoctrination, begins to apprehend the scale and gruesomeness of the acts she commited in the name of Jacob, she decides to flee. But Kasimirh does not allow her to end the twisted relationship between master and servant so easily… WHO CAN YOU TRUST, IF YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE WEAPON? In the first book in the Lilith trilogy, ‘Bound in Darkness’, the fugitive Lilith is captured aeistnd put to work in the palace of the king of Merzia. Her relatively peaceful days are over when Ferhdessar, the court magician and advisor to the king, realises who and what she really is. He intends to use Lilith as a weapon against her former master, his archrival Kasimirh, who is about to attack and invade Merzia with his army. But can the cold, aloof Ferhdessar be trusted?
My review
This world has stolen my heart and this is just the first part of a trilogy. I love the way Kim ten Tusscher writes. The manner she givers insite to this new world, one time she uses an archaeologist to research a building. Together with Lillith you discover the world. She is raised in seclusion and needs the learn the history herself. The POV is exellent to go and investigate as a reader.
The more you read the more question you have as a reader. Lillith has these question also. In most fantasy stories there is good and evil. You are sure who is good and who is evil. But is this is the story as black and white? Or are they 2 sites of a medal? Is not everything as simple as it seems?
Lillith is reased bij the prophet Kasimirh and learned his truth. When you have powers that can be used in certain ways and there you can become a wapon. Do you know the who you can trust?
I realy loved this book!
I already want to start with the second of the set.