While on the journey, Fire has to be guarded constantly by an elite group of soldiers, as many men are driven into a rage by her beauty and try to attack her. When she returns home, Brigan calls upon her, saying Nash has requested she come to the capital and use her powers to interrogate prisoners for useful information. She is praised as a hero for her courage, and many of the soldiers consider themselves in her debt. Fire risks her life by distracting the birds, as they desire her monster flesh more than that of normal humans.
As the king, prince, and their soldiers are going to defend a village that is being raided, a group of monster raptors attacks them. Nash is blinded by her monster beauty and instantly falls in love with her, while Brigan distrusts her, believing she is another Cansrel. While there, Fire meets Nash and Brigan for the first time. Fire's friend and lover, Archer, locks him up, planning to have Fire use her powers for an interrogation once she has had some time to heal, but the next morning they find that the poacher has been shot dead by an arrow at long-range.įire and Archer go to Queen Roen's castle to request more guards for their estate and see if they can find information about the mysterious strangers that keep appearing in their woods. She is startled by how confusing and empty his mind is, and uses her powers to make him take her back home. With both Nax and Cansrel now dead, the new king Nash and his brother Brigan hope to return the Dells to order and stop a civil war.Īs she is passing through the woods one day, a poacher shoots Fire. Her father, Lord Cansrel, used his powers to manipulate the former king, Nax, and throw the Dells into a chaotic, lawless state. Lady Fire is the last human monster in existence. In the land of the Dells, there are "monsters." Impossibly beautiful animals of unnatural colors, that can entrance people with their appearance and control them with their minds. The novel debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller list and won several awards.
It tells the story of a young monster in the shape of a human who is hated because of her difference and supernatural abilities. Fire is a fantasy novel by Kristin Cashore, a companion book to her debut novel, Graceling.
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