Heritage of the Xandim
by Maggie Furey
fantasy
Chronicles of the Xandim (1)
copyright 2009
read in August 2013
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
This is book one of a trilogy which is set in the far distant past of what I guess is very many books set in the world of Aurian. A prequel. Which leads to all sorts of problems for the reader who is not familiar with "present day" Aurian...
Furey has done an excellent job of writing for the "new" readers.
Perhaps a fan of Aurian would gain even more enjoyment from this book than I do. I enjoyed it enough to be satisfied ! In fact, it is also a good book as a standalone... Sure, there are plots aplenty waiting to be explored in books two and three. But this book one ends quite satisfactorily.
One character did seem to appear for no real reason... She may have an actual role to play in the rest of this trilogy... Though I have a strong feeling that her key role will be as a mysterious villain in later -- that is, already published Aurian -- stories. My feeling is that fans will be saying, So that's why so-and-so had such a strong dislike of that other so-and-so !
In the world itself, there is an interesting link between the "real" world and the "other" world. Characters can move from one world to the other but with restrictions. Arbitrary restrictions, perhaps ! But it does provide a good explanation for some of the limits on the powers of the strongly magical super beings.
Generally, a good book to be read by itself. Interesting enough to attract me to the rest of the trilogy. And -- probably -- great back story for regular fans of Furey.
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