Series: Dorina Basarab # 6
Format: Kindle, 503 pages
Release Date: March 30, 2023
Publisher: Karen Chance
Source: Amazon Kindle
Genre: Fantasy Long
before Dorina Basarab was a respected member of the Vampire Senate, she
was an outcast known as a dhampir. Half human, half vampire, all
pariah, she scraped out a living catching monsters even more terrifying
than herself. But perhaps the greatest foe she ever faced was also the
most unusual—and the most dangerous.
Kit Marlowe
wasn’t always a senator, either. Once, he was a master vampire with none
of the wealth, family or experience that the rank should have afforded
him. He had been Pushed, or forced into the position through a ritual
that had risked his life, because his master desperately needed an
operative who knew Elizabethan England. Leaving Kit two years into his
undead life and facing a country about to go up like a powder keg.
Gillian
Urswick was a witch torn between two men: the one she loved and the one
she’d lost. But sorting out her heart required solving a mystery that
involved the past and the present, as well as any hope she might have
for a future.
Together, Dorina, Kit, Gillian and the
mysterious vampire Mircea, end up on a mission that will either save the
world, or help destroy it.
Karen Chance's Time's Fool is the Sixth installment in the authors Dorina Basarab series. Rather
than continuing where the last novel left off, with Dorina in Faerie
alongside Ray, and Dory and Louis-Cesare preparing to help her, we get a
trip down memory lane and end up with an adventure in Elizabethan
England. Time's Fool is divided into parts denoting where we are in time and with which characters as the main focus. The
perspective shifts between Dory (sans Dorina), Kit Marlowe (our
favorite Elizabethan spy), and Gillian Urswick (a coven witch from two side
stories), along with Mircea Basarab. Rhea and Hilde show up from the future, and Louis Cesare is also from the future.
Long before Dorina Basarab was a respected
member of the Vampire Senate, she was an outcast known as a dhampir.
Half human, half vampire, all pariah, hunted by vampires, she scraped out a living catching
monsters even more terrifying than herself. But perhaps the greatest foe
she ever faced was also the most unusual—and the most dangerous. If you've read this series from the beginning, Dory has some interesting facets that recently came to light including the fact that a certain Master Vampire took away her memories to protect her.
Kit
Marlowe once was a master vampire
with none of the wealth, family or experience that the rank should have
afforded him. He had been Pushed by the Lady Vampire, or forced into the position through a
ritual that had risked his life, because his master desperately needed
an operative who knew Elizabethan England. Leaving Kit two years into
his undead life and facing a country about to go up like a powder keg. Kit's relationship with Gillian drives part of this story.
Gillian Urswick was a witch torn between two the one she loved and the
one she’d lost. But sorting out her heart required solving a mystery
that involved the past and the present, as well as any hope she might
have for a future. Together, Dorina, Kit, Gillian and Mircea, end up on a mission that will either save the world, or
help destroy it. Leaps
across time, magic, and worlds, this story takes you on a wild ride.
It
also gives further insight into the start of the Coven Wars with the
Silver Circle, Dori's discovery of where she came from, and how Marlow
came to be the greatest spy master for the Senate. In all fairness, let's not call this Dorina's book, but a combination of Dory, and Kit, and Gillian, as well as the villain of the story, Morgan, a vengeful witch ghost, who is trying to rewrite history and destroy the Silver circle rather than the Spanish armada. And, before you ask, no, Cassie Palmer does not show up in this story, but her apparent heir mentions that she's too busy to help with the events that happen in the book.
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