{"id":318,"date":"2008-05-26T12:56:19","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/05\/26\/runemarks-a-quick-review\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:49:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:49:19","slug":"runemarks-a-quick-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/05\/26\/runemarks-a-quick-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Runemarks – A Quick Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Sick\" Mood:<\/strong> Sick ]<\/strong>
[<\/strong> Currently:<\/strong> Breastfeeding my son ]<\/strong>
It is 500 years after the end of the world. The old gods are dead and their magic along with them. The world follows the Nameless on and the Word.<\/p>\n

Maddy has magic and it keeps getting her into trouble. An outcast in her village, she has no friends, except for the pedler One-Eye who comes by once a year. One-Eye also has magic and he begins to teach Maddy how to use hers. During one of these lessons, Adam Scattergood witness the lesson. A bully, he begins to taunt Maddy. She turns the rune (the base of all magic) on him. Humiliated. Adam runs back to the village to rat on them. Maddy and One-Eye know the jig is up, and One-Eye sends Maddy into the Red Horse Hill, and ancient reminent of the time before the end of the world.<\/p>\n

Author Joanne Harris has created an amazing fantasy story based on Norse mythology. She is essentially telling the story of what happened after Ragnarok. Maddy is really Modi and signals the start of a new age. Harris has opened up the possibility of a sequel with the ending, but it is a very nice stand alone novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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