false 13987 3 Following her acclaimed novels <i>The Fire Rose</i>, <i>The Serpent's Shadow</i>, and <i>The Gates of Sleep</i>, Mercedes Lackey reinvents a classic fairy tale&mdash;and gives it a new twist. In a dark and atmospheric retelling of Cinderella, she sets her story in London during the first World War. An intelligent young Englishwoman is made into a virtual slave by her evil stepmother. Her only hope of rescue comes in the shape of a scarred World War I pilot of noble blood, whose own powers over the elements are about to be needed more than ever. 1097436 4 10 2004 Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters, #4) total:975|5:280|4:378|3:256|2:54|1:7| 975 3795 1254 45 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 24 19:24:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 19:36:45 -0700 2009
It's one of the longer Elemental Mas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 08:17:46 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:21:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:20:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:24:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 13:41:37 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 13:41:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 29 14:58:19 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 14:58:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jun 13 16:01:46 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 16:14:04 -0700 2007
To my relief, Lackey seems to have taken extra care with this new installment in her modern fa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 17 10:16:28 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:54:54 -0800 2008
Had a hard time choosing between the various works of the "Elemental Masters" series (which should include "The Fire Rose," but doesn't, because FR is publi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 21:52:56 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 22:05:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:49:04 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:54:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 03 11:26:38 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 11:27:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 23 16:33:36 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 21:54:29 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Apr 14 15:15:17 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 14 15:15:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 19:25:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 19:26:55 -0700 2009
I picked this up and didn't put it down much until I was done, later the same day.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 25 13:39:17 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 27 18:43:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 20:50:05 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 20:50:05 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 19:52:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:55:23 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 13:18:17 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 13:18:17 -0800 2008 The Serpent's Shadow. This book, a loose retelling of the Cinderella story over a World War I backdrop, focused a little too much on the theoretical aspects of magic (I prefer to just see the results of the magic), but t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:54:12 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 30 18:31:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 14:39:30 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 14:39:30 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Mar 07 13:57:02 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 17:51:38 -0800 2009