The Obernewtyn
Chronicles – Isobelle Carmody
I started the Obernewtyn
chronicles in 1998 and I’ve probably read them again every second year since.
Needless to say I’m over the moon that in less than a fortnight I’ll be the
proud (very anti-social) owner of the latest offering in the series ‘The Sending’.
Set in a world that has been
ravaged by ‘weaponmachines’ that cause a nuclear apocalypse, the series follows
the misfit (people with mental powers such as talking to beasts and each other
with their minds) Elspeth Gordie as she strives to find a place for herself and
her misfit friends in the cruel, authoritarian land run by the Council and the
fanatical religious order the Herder faction.
With the aid of her friends, cat
Maruman and horse Ghaltha in particular, Elspeth must follow the clues left only
for her many years ago to the site where the weaponmachines are sleeping,
waiting to finish the job they started. It’s a race against time as she strives
to outwit her counterpart seeking to end the world. Amidst all this she still
manages to live her life and it is this and the wonderful characters that
surround her that makes these books well worth the wait.
Carmody is a wonderful writer,
the worlds she creates are always complete and despite the differences still
familiar. Her characters are flawed and loveable and so real I’ve always
thought of them as old friends. The only problem is the time it’s taken her to
finish this series – but given the other wonderful places she’s taken me to in
the meantime I’ll forgive her.
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