Having united the tribal nations and seized a Kingdom that’s on the verge of war, Griffin considers Cat an asset his family needs on their team in order to conquer the opposing sides. Though he isn’t aware of the true extent of her powers, Griffin realises that Cat has formidable magic abilities far beyond her soothsayer title. That is until a southern warlord called Griffin saunters into her tent one night and sees through Cat’s carefully composed camouflage.

Having stumbled upon the circus as a young girl in need of safety, obviously running from something or someone, Cat has kept the secrets of her past buried where no one can find them. For Cat, the illusion and mystery of the traveling circus provides the perfect disguise, because she’s a mystery too. Just one chapter of this sparkling debut was all it took to have me completely hooked.Īs the first book in The Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy, A Promise of Fire centres on Cat, a circus performer and soothsayer (a person who can foresee the future) laying low under the protection of the circus-folk who have become her unofficial family. Did I really want to read about yet another young woman with extraordinary powers rising up to claim her destiny? Turns out the answer was yes, I really did. With so many fire and ice themed fantasy books released over the last few years, I have to admit I was feeling a little jaded when I picked up Amanda Bouchet’s A Promise of Fire.

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