![]() Wait, I'll tell you this, I love this book. These events might be connected to a plague that nearly destroyed everything and everyone and left lasting reminders and consequences. Then, some form of evil in the forest begins to attack the people of the barrow. The children of a city that should see no harm, that should be protected by magic. Then the children of Asteri begin to fall ill. Life in Asteri and the Barrow have been like this for a hundred years. ![]() Oscar is not his apprentice, but a mere hand whose job it is to collect, dry, extract and grind the tools of his master's trade.Ĭaleb and the magic smiths of the Barrow serve the people of Asteri. ![]() Caleb is a magician, a magician more powerful than any in a generation. The Barrow's rich soil feeds the plants and herbs that Oscar's master, Caleb, sells. The shining city of Asteri is protected by magic, magic that is fed by the Barrow's rich soil. Anne Ursu knows how to take a dollop of this, a dash of that and a pinch of the other to concoct an engaging, clever fantasy adventure.īelow the shining city of Asteri, in a forest called The Barrow, Oscar prepares herbs and plants in a small room beneath the shop of his master. ![]()
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