Lost Truth

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Summary: Lost Truth
Review: I am so happy to find this series. I love Cook's witty dialogue. In the fourth book of the series, we have Alissa going on a journey. For years now, Alissa has been having dreams of a girl named Silla. Now she realizes Silla is a real Raku over half a world away. She talks Useless in letting her travel to find the Lost Ones. Before, Useless has been overly protective of the last surving female raku (Alissa), but overcome with worry and hope of finding the lost ones, he agrees to let Alissa, Connen-newt, Strell, and Lodesh travel to find and bring back his people.

The raku she finds on the faraway island are shocked and outraged by Alissa's ways and knowledge, especially Useless's wife, Keribdis. Keribdis realizes early on that Alissa could be considered a threat to her leadership and makes it her mission to get rid of the young raku.

This book is filled with adventure and excitement. I loved it. For fans, you will be releaved to find out that Alissa finally chooses between Lodesh and Strell. I was pleased!

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Summary: Spellbinding
Review: The hold once thrived as a place where raku masters taught human keepers how to use their magical skills. A map showing a lost colony of masters split the hold with Useless staying behind while and his wife Keribdis led the rest of them across the sea to see if the colony actually existed. They never returned and the rest of the keepers were killed by a rogue with a grudge. Alissa defeated the renegade keeper and freed Useless.

Now Alissa is a human born Master who can shapeshift into a raku (a dragon) and dreams of a raku named Silla. When Useless finds out about her dreams, he realizes that the Masters and Keepers who left the hold are alive. Alissa and her two suitors Strell and Lodesh and the Master Conner-Nute take a ship to an island cluster, where they find the Masters and the Keepers. Keribdis believes she should take over Alissa's teaching and when the younger refuses her, Keribdis uses force to bow her to her will, almost killing Alissa in the process. Alissa's only hope to survive the attack is the help of someone who supposedly died

LOST TRUTH is an appealing fantasy that will charm fans of Elizabeth Scarborough and Tonya Huff. The heroine breaks all the rules that the masters thought were set in stone but does so in naive innocence. It is her ability that gives hope to the rakui who pray that she can discover the solution to their dramatically decrease in numbers. Dawn Cook is a talented fantasist who is a creative world builder and a genius on creating complex characters.

Harriet Klausner