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She clung as the roan raced faster through the trees.
She craned for one look over her shoulder. Beck was in the lead, his face pale beneath the beard, his eyes intense.
“There!” he shouted. “It’s just a boy! Get him!”
The roan broke into a panicked gallop. Bramble suddenly knew who had been responsible for those welts and scars on his hide. But they were going too fast . . . They were too close to the chasm: they’d never be able to stop in time.
The roan didn’t falter as they broke from the trees and headed wildly toward the abyss. Bramble considered tumbling from the horse’s back before he reached the edge. Then she heard Beck’s voice calling. There were worse things than death. There would be a leap and a moment suspended, and then a long hopeless curve to the rocks and the river below. They would fall like leaves between the clouds of swifts and then be washed away by the thundering rapids. Bramble clung to that thought. If their bodies were washed away, then there could be no identification, no danger of reprisals on her family. She hung on tighter. The roan’s hindquarters bunched under her and they were in the air.
It was like she had imagined: the leap, and then the moment suspended in the air that seemed to last forever. Below her the swifts boiled up through the river mist, swerving and swooping while she and the roan seemed to stay frozen above them. Bramble felt, like a rush of air, the presence of the gods surround her. The shock made her lose her balance and begin to slide sideways. She felt herself falling. With an impossible flick of both legs, the roan shrugged her back onto his shoulders. Then the long curve down started and she braced herself to see the cliffs rushing past as they fell.
“Excerpted from the book The Castings Trilogy by Pamela Freeman. Copyright © 2010 by Pamela Freeman. Reprinted with permission of Orbit, New York, NY. All rights reserved.”
A thousand years ago, the Eleven Domains were invaded and its original inhabitants driven onto the road as homeless Travelers. Now the Domains are ruled by the iron-fisted Warlords, but wilder elements are afoot that may prove their undoing. Ghosts. Gods. And human dispossessed, whose hearts still harbor the rage of injustice.
There is Bramble, an untamed village girl forced to flee her home for a crime she didn’t commit. Ash, a troubled assassin. And Saker, an enchanter who will not rest until the land returns to his people.
In Pamela Freeman’s Castings Trilogy, their lives are bound together in ways not even a stonecaster could foresee—by their past, their future and their blood. Includes Blood Ties, Deep Water and Full Circle.
Hardcover : 1280 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group Usa ( December 02, 2010 )
Item #: 13-326899
ISBN: 9781611293067
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Product Weight: 42.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Great book! Kept my interest from the beginning to end. I liked the way each character had a chapter devoted to their personal story, and how they tied in to the big picture.
Reviewer: Melissa
Each chapter being related to a specipic charcter added realiity to the people. You care about what happens to them. Everyone's lives ties together well to creat a great journey.
Reviewer: Rose
Broad scope. Everything tied together well. The style of hopping from POV of each character was different in such a long book. Definitely recommend.
Reviewer: Dan
It is very rare for me to find a book I can't put down these days. This book is the exception to that rule. From the first page, I was completely enthralled by the plot, characters, and setting.
Reviewer: Ward M
Way worth the price. Three books in one.Great story.What more do you need.
Reviewer: Ed
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