Books: Prophecy

Prophecy
By Elizabeth Haydon
Copyright 2000
697 pages

This is the second in a three part trilogy, the first being Rhapsody.

Rhapsody, a Namer, travels with Ashe, a mystery man, to see a dragon. The dragon likes her a lot.

Ashe turns out to be someone else in several reincarnations of his very long life. Rhapsody eventually figures out who he is, except for the fact that he is her long-lost soul mate, though she does get to that. The reader has known this all along (or at least I did) so I don't think I'm revealing a major plot point.

Ashe also has a doppelganger who is bad; his counterpart is under control of the F'dor, the most evil thing in this world. Rhapsody goes out to kill the doppelganger. In the process she also kills her sister, who has been taken over by the F'dor.

The book ends with a very odd sequence where Rhapsody agrees to give up a night of her memories to Ashe. This includes the realization that Ashe is her soul mate. I am not sure why this information was necessary to delete but I suppose it will be apparent in the third book.

There are many other subplots - a vine that is eating up the world, another king who wants Rhapsody for his own and wishes to declare war on Achmed (Rhapsody's friendly assassin), a piece of living earth called The Sleeping Child, Rhapsody's learning that she is the champion of leaders whether she wants to be or not, etc. Far too much to discuss in a paragraph or two.

I will be reading the last of the trilogy, Destiny, beginning this evening, probably.


Recommended for folks who like long fantasy books with good characterization and depth.

4 stars