The Red Wolf Conspiracyby Robert V. S. Redick
Ballantine, 2009. 445 pgs.
The worlds and peoples in this complex new fantasy are so vividly imagined and realized that one has to come up for air from time to time to see if real life is still going on. Pazel Pathkendle, a tarboy and language savant, and Thasha, the daughter of a newly-minted ambassador, who is about to be married off to the prince of an enemy state, find themselves together and imperiled aboard the 600-year old merchant ship, the Chathrand. But what is the real purpose of the Chathrand's voyage? Treachery, mage-craft, a terrible weapon at the bottom of the sea, a magical mink, and Lilliputian-sized warriors combine with a multitude of other creatures and magical forces to make The Red Wolf Conspiracy one of the best reads to come down the pike in a good while. Only down side? This book is the first of a trilogy and the next one doesn't come out until next year.
LW
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