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| Cast in Secret (The Chronicles of Elantra) (The Chronicles of Elantra) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michelle Sagara
Publisher: Luna Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 16816
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0373802838
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780373802838
ASIN: 0373802838
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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 woo! October 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this series would be a trilogy, but guess what it's going to continue, more hints and revelations of Kaylin's future.
I really didn't want to put this book down. Now can't wait for Cast in Fury!
Recommend these books July 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having recently decided to give a few new authors a try & I'm glad I chose Michelle Sagara as one of these. After reading her first three offerings of Kaylin Neya, I am anxiously awaiting her next book and this can't come quickly enough!!
 Interesting... July 8, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Cast in Secret follows on a few days after the second book in the series, Cast in Courtlight. In this instalment a prophetic dream so strong that all of the Oracles even the apprentices receive the same vision, the end of life itself. One very powerful Oracle focuses on Kaylin and begins painting a picture of her on his wall. He is so powerful that he is disabled by his gift. He doesn't speak, he doesn't sleep and he doesn't react like a normal person, his only form of expression is drawing and painting so Kaylin and co. have to determine who or what could be behind this and how to stop it.
Kaylin learns more about the Tha'alani, a telepathic race who can search a person's memory which most find unnerving including Kaylin, and to a lesser extent the Dragons and the Oracles. Kaylin sees Severn in a slightly different light as a Wolf instead of as a Hawk but also how he approaches the Tha'alani - without fear and with a little envy I think. She also learns more about herself, and of the others that have had the marks she has. We are introduced to the elements earth, air, fire and water with the emphasis on water but I won't go into this as I don't want to give anything away.
In every book so far (this is the third - the first being Cast in Shadow and the second, Cast in Courtlight) Kaylin has been working through her harrowing past and has been trying to move on. We see her grow not just in her power but as a person and that for me made this an interesting read.
There is still plenty of danger surrounding Kaylin especially since it looks like she will be meeting the Dragon Emperor soon. I really enjoyed learning about the Tha'alani, and their history as a people, they are a very interesting race. This series is progressing really well and I'm looking forward to reading the next book, Cast in Fury.
Not as good as the previous but still good November 29, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I think that Cast in Secret was a bit of a let down. It is still a really well written and an excellent read. It just doesn't have the depths that the previous two did, we don't find any more hidden depths to Kaylin and Severn's path, we find out more about her hatred of the tha'alani, but they freak me out too and it was nice that she was vulnerable to another species that she couldn't or wouldn't just pull out her daggers on.
It sounds like I'm being negative and I'm not, I really enjoyed this and would have given it an easy five, but the previous two are superior.
another exciting read, with yet more to come... November 21, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
From the back:
"Still avoiding magic whenever possible, Corporal Kaylin Neya (actually she's still a Private and stays a private...) relished investigating a regular theft case once again. Until she found out the mysterious box taken from Elani Street, where the mages and charlatans mingled, and it was sometimes hard to tell the difference between the two. But she was hoping this might be a mundane case - when in the back room Kaylin saw a lost-looking girl in a reflective pool... who called out Kaylin's name.
Shaken, Kaylin tried to stay focussed on the case in hand. But since the stolen item was ancient, without a keyhole, and held tremendous darkness inside, Kaylin knew unknown forces were again playing with her destiny - and her life..."
This follows on from Cast in Courtlight by only a few days and is pretty relentless in pace. A hell of a lot happens, with the principle players being Kaylin, Severn, the dragon Lord (although Tiamaris from the first book reappears) and the Tha'alani (Ybelline from the first book is a key player here). Lord Nightshade continues to interfere and Kaylin is maybe gaining some wisdom, at last. We learn a tiny bit more about Severn, although he remains mostly the capable, enigmatic, strong, all-knowing character we already know. I read this too fast, and will re-read it soon. I gather from the web that there are two more books planned, and I look forward to them. These are good books, with strong characters, complex plots, and enough mystery to keep you reading and wanting more.
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