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Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2356304 4 2363070 2007 Blood Ties (Castings Trilogy, Book 1) total:65|5:2|4:5|3:3|2:1|1:0| 65 243 141 12 334443 3.96 112 24 33407058 1548610 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.73 64

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 22:21:57 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 24 17:22:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13598133 687074 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 2 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 25 23:57:52 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 23:57:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6129740 317985 1879987 9780733622113 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1879987.Blood_Ties_Book_One_in_the_Castings_Trilogy 4.00 1
Bramble, a village girl whose grandfather is a Traveller, witnesses a warlord’s man wound a wolf in the woods. As she is an experienced tracker she finds the wolf and puts it our of its misery. The man finds out and confronts her, and in self-defence Bramble kills him and steals his horse. Worried that the warlord will discover her crime and threaten her family, she takes to the Road so they are not in danger.

Ash is a young man, also a Traveller, who has recently left the Road which he travelled with his musician parents. They have found him an apprenticeship with a safe guarder house in Turvite, the largest town in the region. Safe guarders are part security guards/part mercenaries.

Ash’s story begins when he kills a young woman one night—a thief who is trying to kill him. The murder throws his life into turmoil and he decides he needs to find another career—or set out on the Road once more. And so the story of Bramble and Ash begins …]]> 2007 4 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 21:18:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 21:35:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65944678 2415283 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Sun Aug 02 20:24:51 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 20:27:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56975439 2240526 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 11:32:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 13:48:59 -0700 2009 1 Deep Water. It was original in its subject matter and the smaller stories within the larger one were fascinating and well written. It was a refreshing book and stands out from other recent releases.more...]]> 74922200 603835 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:22:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:24:09 -0700 2009 70253902 2695724 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Sun Sep 06 10:11:14 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:11:37 -0700 2009 41827942 1862664 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 08:05:04 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 08:06:08 -0800 2009 34549517 1229019 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 21:30:38 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 19:48:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 58241105 2291746 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Tue Jun 02 18:03:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:04:38 -0700 2009 22783160 826042 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 1 0 false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 18:21:19 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 19:52:40 -0700 2008 30481022 1228977 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Mon Aug 18 14:29:24 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 14:29:24 -0700 2008 81724838 2434215 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 0 0 false Mon Dec 21 22:22:40 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 22:22:42 -0800 2009 81685300 2503271 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 0 0 false Mon Dec 21 14:24:34 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 14:24:34 -0800 2009 81188927 1303975 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 0 0 false Wed Dec 16 08:38:03 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 08:38:03 -0800 2009 80715328 2231561 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 0 0 false Fri Dec 11 19:06:23 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 19:06:23 -0800 2009 80329919 2616166 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Dec 08 14:09:04 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 14:09:04 -0800 2009 80309171 251029 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 0 0 false Tue Dec 08 11:04:06 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 11:04:37 -0800 2009 79841630 2608610 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 5 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:42:15 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 23:38:24 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 00:44:43 -0800 2009 78486414 1852193 2356304 0316033464 9780316033466 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356304.Blood_Ties 3.74 65

Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human.


Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame ... forced to flee from her home for a crime she did not commit.


Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.


Saker: an enchanter, who will not rest until the land is returned to his people.


As their three stories unfold, along with the stories of those whose lives they touch, it becomes clear that they are bound together in ways that not even a stonecaster could foresee - bound by their past, their future, and their blood.]]> 2007 0 0 false Fri Nov 20 18:04:36 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:04:36 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2356304