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DAY 20
Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Phoenix
SERIES: Never Too Late (2015 Daily Dose)
AUTHOR: Kim Fielding
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 44 Pages
BLURB:
First a soldier and then a diplomat, Juberi now spends his solitary days on a single ambition: trying to resurrect the phoenix, which has been extinct for centuries. He’s not pleased when he is obligated to attend a public ceremony in memory of an elderly friend and former colleague. But at the ceremony, Juberi meets the friend’s beguiling son, Desen. Despite being from a markedly different culture, Desen has much to offer. But after decades of denying his own desires, Juberi fears there is no alchemy that will reopen him to love.
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2015 Daily Dose package “Never Too Late.”
REVIEW:
I quite liked this short story from Kim Fielding. Like Kim’s other works, it is well written, with believable characters and a good storyline. I really like her style of writing. The story is set in an alternate world, complete with flying carpets, where two lands who were formerly enemies now know peace because two ambassadors, one from each country, helped hammer out a peace agreement many years before. The land of the Tamrati is progressive, the land of the Kokoti is not. Love between men is forbidden to the Kokoti.
In Phoenix we meet Juberi, a retired general and Kokoti ambassador who gave his younger life to first fighting a war and then to being the ambassador to the Tamrati after the war was over. Many of the Tamrati credit him as having been the unifying peacemaker.
When the story starts Juberi is bemoaning his need to appear in public at an event to honor his dear friend and counterpart, the Tamrati ambassador to his own country. The friend has passed on, but at the event commemorating him, Juberi meets the friend’s son, Desen, who is actually very close to Juberi’s age. Since getting out of politics, Juberi has isolated himself from the world and has been working selflessly on resurrecting the phoenix, extinct for centuries.
Now along comes Desen, asking impossible things, and igniting passions best left in the past. Is it too late for Juberi to rise from the ashes like the phoenix?
I recommend this story. It was an entertaining quick read, and did I mention they have flying carpets? I’ve wanted one since I was a kid!
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I love how Kim Fielding creates such different worlds in her books. This one sounds so interesting. Thanks for the review!
Oh,this sounds interesting.Thank you for the review =)
I wonder if this short story will rise from the ashes and become a series? Also with the magic carpets are there also genies and magic lamps? thank you for the review Dan
Mm not sure what to think but i loved the review so thanks.
I love Kim’s books!