Mind of Mercusine

Starside Saga #3

by Eric Kent Edstrom

The thief becomes the hero in this sensational third volume of Starside Saga! Kila Sigh has awakened to the mercusine, a magical power she does not understand and cannot control. In the wake of ashing hundreds of thinnies to save Nax, many fear she may be Dem-Kisk--the one prophesied to bring ruin to mankind. While forces of light and dark seek her, Kila races to free a loyal friend from the dungeons deep beneath the Abbey of Til. Starside Saga continues to be a story of magic, stealth, telepathic cats, and the love the binds friends to each other.

Eric Kent Edstrom returns to Starside with this tour de force follow up to A Raven's Dream. The epic story continues, deepening the world of Starside and hinting at greater adventures to come.

Genres: Fantasy

234 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2017

About the author

Eric is the author of the fantasy series Starside Saga, the YA dystopian series The Scion Chronicles, and the YA science fiction series The Undermountain Saga.

His short stories have been featured in numerous anthologies.

He lives in Wisconsin with his family.


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Reviews

[Bonnie Dale Keck]

Not Kindle Unlimited, got the first one through one of my freebie sites, 2 and 3 from the writer as ARCs {so the usual free book in hopes of review, own free will, etcetera}. Odd/different, the prequel being the shortest with 2 a bit longer and this one seems a bit longer than that. Going by main book site 4 means liked it just not quite loved it per amazon star ratings matching {goodreads}. Positive posted this before, but it wasn't here.

In one you are introduced to Kila, her magic powers, the ancient city of Starside, banned magical cats, people who want to help her and people who want to enslave her and people who want her dead. All she ever wanted to do was to live in peace, far away, and be successful at her job as a thief. In 2 as her powers grow so does the amount of people that want to help her, control her or kill her. Then there is the issue of the city beneath the city.In 3 she has to kill someone, try to save others {failing at least once}, meets new people and loses some old ones.

Thief of Sparks (Starside Saga #1) A Raven's Dream (Starside Saga #2) Mind of Mercusine (Starside Saga Book 3) The Raven Throne (Starside Saga #4)

Undermountain Saga books, Future Chronicles Series, and others

[Elda]

An extraordinary imaginative tale well written with a great cast of characters some new some familiar. Many surprises and unexpected twists. In this book the reader gets to see the world of the Hargothe and his evil destructive nature. We also witness the power he holds over Kila Sigh. Tragedy strikes her in more ways than one. I was very saddened by her losses although there were a few fun moments as well. I’m anxious to continue this series to find out where Mr. Edstrom takes us next.

[Roger]

My third read from author Eric Kent Edstrom continues developing the world and characters created in Thief of Sparks (Starside Saga #1) & A Raven's Dream (Starside Saga Book 2). I want more and I want it now! When does book #4 come out? I guess I’ll have to get some of his other works. Why can’t I review this in Goodreads?

[Stuart Macmartin]

Drew me in, so 4 stars. A bit more world building going on in the background. On the low end of my 4 star books, but I can’t give it 3. Mostly because I’m immediately moving on to the next.

These books are major chapters in a larger story arc. This one was a logical stopping point, but we could easily have combined all books into one volume.