![]() ![]() ![]() When Brandin of Ygrath attacked Tigana to expand his empire and give his son Stevan a place of his own to rule, the unthinkable happened. Devin’s relative innocence of the situation has to do with this history. The story is unfolded through the eyes of Devin who is invited into the group of conspirators to right a wrong done to the nation of Tigana and its people. Alessan di Tregea, Catriana d’Astibar, and their counterparts, the tyrant sorcerers Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbadior. So now here I am 20 years later finding myself back with a gang of old friends. I know this farm boy had found himself a place to hide for a while. Then by dinner, you find out that everyone around you is not who they seem, and you yourself have been identified as a potential hero. How could any young person not become the character themselves to live the life of adventure? Imagine one morning you are singing the funeral eulogy of your life and have just made your career. I was totally swept away by the grand scope of the adventure that the young singer Devin d’Asoli found himself in. I was 19 and fresh out of Fionavar when I snatched this book off the shelf. To those of you familiar with Tigana, you may find yourself in the same frame of mind as I was. Does it seem ironic to anyone else that I’m rereading a book from 20 years ago for this review, and the book itself is about memories? To those of you unfamiliar with Tigana, the storyline is about loss and memory. ![]()
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