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Child of Flame

Crown of Stars #4 / 7
by Kate Elliott
Child of Flame (Crown of Stars #4) by Kate Elliott
★ 6.00 / 2

Lost and alone in an unknown country, Alain struggles to survive as he is unwittingly drawn into an ancient conflict between humankind and their old enemy, the Cursed Ones. Separated from her husband and child, Liath must undergo her greatest test in a land of exile. Only here can she hope to discover the truth of her parentage and learn the extent of her remarkable powers.

Mourning the loss of his wife, the bastard prince Sanglant seeks his father, King Henry, to warn him about the conspiracy of powerful sorcerers who wish to destroy the Aoi, the Lost Ones, once and for all – no matter how much destruction their magic will unleash. But King Henry's gaze is fixed on the throne of Aosta and the imperial crown left vacant for two generations. As a Quman army, sweeping in from the eastern steppes, ravages the Wendish countryside, Henry marches south, ignoring the pleas of his beleaguered subjects. The great cataclysm, foretold in the stars, is approaching...

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Updated August 25, 2016
Category: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Release date: 2000
Kate Elliott

Kate Elliott

Kate Elliott has been writing stories since she was nine years old, which has led her to believe that writing, like breathing, keeps her alive. As a child in rural Oregon, she made up stories because she longed to escape to a world of lurid adventure fiction.

Her most recent novel is Unconquerable Sun, gender swapped Alexander the Great in space. She is also known for her Crown of Stars epic fantasy series, the Afro-Celtic post-Roman alt-history fantasy (with lawyer dinosaurs) Cold Magic and sequels, the science fiction Novels of the Jaran and YA fantasy Court of Fives, and the epic fantasy Crossroads trilogy with giant justice eagles.

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Her particular focus is immersive world building & centering women in epic stories of adventure & transformative cultural change. She lives in Hawaii, where she paddles outrigger canoes & spoils her schnauzer.

Kate Elliott is the pen name of Alis A. Rasmussen.

 

Crown of Stars

Series contains 7 primary works and has 7 total works. Current series reading order on below.

Set in an alternate Europe, a world where bloody conflicts rage and sorcery holds sway, both human and other-than-human forces vie for supremacy. In this land, Alain, a young man seeking the destiny promised him by the Lady of Battles, and Liath, a young woman gifted with a power that can alter the course of history, are about to be swept up in a world-shaking conflict for the survival of humanity.

King's Dragon (Crown of Stars #1)
★ 6.34 / 3
Prince of Dogs (Crown of Stars #2)
★ 6.00 / 2
The Burning Stone (Crown of Stars #3)
★ 6.00 / 2
Child of Flame (Crown of Stars #4)
★ 6.00 / 2
The Gathering Storm (Crown of Stars #5)
★ 6.00 / 2
In the Ruins (Crown of Stars #6)
★ 6.00 / 2
Crown of Stars (Crown of Stars #7)
★ 6.00 / 2


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