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    Priestess of the White: Age of the Five Gods Trilogy Book 1, The

    By Trudi Canavan

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    In a land on the brink of peace—watched jealously by a ruthless cult from across the sea and beset by hidden enemies—five extraordinary humans must serve as sword and shield of the Gods.

    Auraya is one.

    Her heroism saved a village from destruction; now Auraya has been named Priestess of the White. The limits of her unique talents must be tested in order to prove her worthy of the honor and grave responsibility awarded to her. But a perilous road lies ahead, fraught with pitfalls that will challenge the newest servant of the gods. An enduring friendship with a Dreamweaver—a member of an ancient outcast sect of sorcerer-healers—could destroy Auraya's future. And her destiny has set her in conflict with a powerful and mysterious, black-clad sorcerer with but a single purpose: the total annihilation of the White. And he is not alone . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061807534
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    Priestess of the White: Age of the Five Gods Trilogy Book 1, The
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    Trudi Canavan

    Trudi Canavan is the author of the bestselling Black Magician trilogy—The Magician's Guild, The Novice, and The High Lord—as well as Priestess of the White and Last of the Wilds, Books One and Two of her Age of the Five trilogy. She lives in a little house on a hillside, near a forest, in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully in Australia. She has been making up stories about things that don't exist for as long as she can remember, and was amazed when her first published story received an Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story in 1999. A freelance illustrator and designer, she also works as the designer and Art Director of Aurealis, a magazine of Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction.

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    • 3/5
      An interesting start but for me this novel didn't really grab me or feel like the plot was moving.
    • 3/5
      Try as I did, I just do not enjoy Trudi Canavans writing style. She is on a list for me of authors who have great stories, ideas, and worlds in their minds, but who cannot write them well.I do enjoy the story she is trying to tell as there were so many great fantasy elements to it that I love; sorcery, new imaginative races, battles, magic, etc. However her writing just ended up distracting from those great things. While she had new races, they all had the same characteristics of her humans. The best part of new races is that they would think, act, and feel different. Otherwise why have them? Authors like Tolkien, and Hayden, and Williams do this wonderfully. I think if I had read this book years ago, I would have liked it better, before I had read some amazing other fantasy authors. Overall a good fantasy story, but in no ways a great one.
    • 4/5
      Auraya is the central character as the new Priestess of the White a group of 5 people chosen by the Gods to be there immortal bodily represenatatives.At the same time a group of sorcerers emerge who also claim to be the representatives of 5 gods and now start to lead up to a war that will show who is the greater group. The book follows the White trying to gain support from other groups of the land while Auraya begins to understand the powers she has and learns to use them. At the same time she falls for a DreamWeaver (Lieard) who she knew as prior to being a priestess and falls in love with him. This is not allowed amongst the White and so she learns as well as power and responsbility comes, sometimes, not being able to follow your heart.The first of the trilogy ends with the White having defeated the Pentadrians in battle and killing one of the 5 sorcerers. And Lieard (who is possessed by an old DreamWeaver leader) being led away by a sorceress.I cannot wait to read the 2nd and 3rd in the series!
    • 3/5
      An interesting start but for me this novel didn't really grab me or feel like the plot was moving.
    • 5/5
      This book was truly amazing. I found myself insatiably curious : what happens next? I also found myself wanting to make the experience last and not wikipedia'ing answers like I so often do when I'm curious about a book or series. This is so much better than the black magician series thus far.
    • 3/5
      This book took me a long time to get through as I had a hard time getting used to only spending a short time with each plot before it would switch to what was going on with another set of characters. If only the Justice League guy had a "Meanwhile" that would play with each scene change. The general foreboding that permeates the series gets to be a bit much, and I just wish they'd get on with it already! Looking forward to the next book.
    • 4/5
      This book is the first of the Age of the Five Trilogy. Its a typical first book in a trilogy, it sets the plot, introduces us to the characters and draws out the journey of the characters. This could have been done in a far more edited down way, but nevertheless its well written. Thus far the political intrigue and especially the sentiment that you can't tell who is who has been the focal point. The characters are believable and coherent, but dew to the intricacies of the universe created by the author and the events not to much time is allotted to character development. In fact, the romance has few space to develop. The reader knows that Auraya and Leiard face great danger in being together, and continue to do so. But why do they love each other, why the risk? In conclusion, I'm looking forward to the next instalment of the trilogy, because the great triumph of this work is the mystery and the sense that you can never tell (like some books) 5 min in who is the bad guy and in some (good) ways where does this all lead?
    • 5/5
      This being the first book of the trology does exactly what it needs to do, it drags you in to a world that Canavan has created with care and precission. Everything about this book is done well as soon as i finished it i was straight off to waterstones to buy the second.
    • 4/5
      First of a new trilogy, Humans living on a fairly small continent of a few countries are blessed by five gods. "Talents" abound and nearly everyone has some degree of magical ability. A priestess is chosen as the God's current favourite, but before she can fully learn her skills war breaks out with strangers from a nearby land - whose gods seem just as strong. Fortunetly allies in the form of flying people are at hand even if their sea cousins are harder work. Well written though a trifle wordy at times without much depth to any but the most central characters it is nevertheless a good fantasy story in a promising world. The viewpoint jumps around a bit from the various characters which can be annoying, but in general I'm looking forward to the forthcoming sequals.After re-read. This is not, as from the prologue one might expect, a coming of age fantasy. Auraya starts out as a high priestess of the Five, and quickly comes to terms with her increasesed powers, and learns more about the world and it's cultures around her. These are enjoyably fairly well-fleshed characters, without an absolute set of good and eveil, just differenet people trying to do their best. Leneid's and Emeralh's stories are obviously leading to some darker undertones than the original premise of the White Five might suggest. Engaging and intruging it's a complex plot lightly told. The action jumps around to several bit parts but this leads to an interesting world with details of minor areas sketching in the a wider picture. Personally I feel it is a trifle long, with too much happening, and maybe a harsher editor would have produced a more gripping tale - but perhaps without some of the wealth of intricate detail that makes this such a fun read.
    • 4/5
      This read like a more grown-up version of the Black Magician trilogy with a lot of incidental similarities. The five representatives of the Gods unite Northern Ithania in war against the evil invading Pentadrians, providing a solid plot to hang themes of religion and oppression upon. This was good enough to make me want to read the next in the trilogy.
    • 4/5
      Nice culture with some internal tensions, and external ones and an interesting history.We follow Auraya from village hopeful to the fifth and final High Priestess of the Five (the gods), but we also track her dreamweaver (the despised underclass, because their souls will not continue after death) friend from her home village who becomes her adviser.The Five have told their flock they are the only remaining gods after the war, so the invasion of a different country with THEIR five gods proves interesting, especially when Auraya actually sees one and is sure they're real.It's not all high politics and war, although there is a fair amount of that, but it's nicely filtered through the eyes of Auraya in the main, so it remains accessible, personal and fun.
    • 1/5
      One of the rare books where I could not make myself read beyond the first chapter. Plot: too early to say, but it seemed to head for the Mary-Sue-saves-the-world direction. Characters: Mary Sue. A textbook example, so painfully perfect and beautiful and wondrous and beloved that diabetes was threatening. She even has the prerequisite name with at least one y and far too many vowels.Style: Not great, but consistent for the author. Plus: -Minus: 08/15 Mary Sue setup. Summary: I'll have to be very desperate for new reading material before I touch this one again.
    • 2/5
      Decidedly lackluster, for the following reasons:1) Thin characterization. Though I am not a slavish devotee of the "show, don't tell" school of writing, this novel could definitely benefit from less direct exposition and more character-revealing dialogue. The characters show little differentiation in their patterns of thought, either on a personal or a cultural level. In short, they all sound the same.2) Haphazard world-building. Information about the world is always revealed only when it is necessary to the plot. For example, on page 78 Auraya reveals that "All Dreamweavers make an oath to heal any person who needs and wants it." She knows this because she studied with a Dreamweaver for several years as a teen. This kind of information could easily have been revealed earlier - during the first pages of the book, even, which depict just such a teaching session between Auray and her Dreamweaver tutor. Revealing crucial information well in advance of the point where it becomes crucial would deepen the characters, the world, and make for a more enjoyable reading experience. Revealing it only when necessary adds nothing to the tension of the book, and prevents the reader from participating fully.3) Poor writing. In particular, relies too much on passive voice. Example: "Her voice was tentative and questioning ..." (p.207) Ugh. Just use an adverb "questioningly" or "tentatively" and be done with it.I read Canavan's first book, "The Magician's Guild," some time ago. It suffered from much the same problems. She's improved since then, but not much. Perhaps I will try the first book of her next series as well. Or perhaps not. Two strikes is plenty in my ball game.
    • 4/5
      In a world where the gods battled and five gods established themselves as the one true gods what happens when in another country there are another batch of gods who are claiming superiority?The main character is Auraya and she's learning to deal with her place in the world as an immortal servant of the gods. What she has to do in the world and how she is going to help the world. The one think no-one really knows is the motivations of the Gods, and whether the gods they're fighting for are the good guys.Not a bad read but not the best thing I've read.