Maelstrom

The Stranger Trilogy #2

by Sonia Orin Lyris

Follows Unmoored, the sequel to The Seer.The hunted becomes the hunter as Amarta, The Seer, sets out across the land to find others like herself and to understand her own power.On the way to the most famous predictor of all—the Heart of Seuan—Amarta walks the greatest wonder of the The Island Road, a living land mass that forms unpredictably, producing tremendous wealth for a lucky few.As she travels, Amarta learns to wield her power in ways that even she did not foresee, at a cost that she could not imagine.Innel, the former Lord Commander, is sold into anonymous slavery. On his way to certain death, he is instead given to a wealthy Perripin merchant. Does the merchant know who he was before?Though they walk separate paths, Amarta and Innel's questions are one and the am I now?Maelstrom—the second book of The Stranger Trilogy—continues Amarta’s and Innel’s journeys through fantastic lands and powerful magic.Be sure to start with the first book in the trilogy, Unmoored, and to continue with the stunning conclusion in Landfall.

Genres: Fantasy

301 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 20, 2020

About the author

Sonia Lyris's stories have appeared in various publications, including Asimov's SF magazine and Wizards of the Coast anthologies. She is the author of THE SEER, an epic fantasy from Baen Books, and co-creator of the related gambling and divination game, Rochi, from King of the Castle.

Reviews

[John Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable enough (particularly toward the end, when the seer is neither able to resist intervening to defend the helpless nor able to find a way to escape the trouble she caused), but definitely suffers from middle book syndrome, as the political plots advance but stop without even partial resolution.