I'm sure you all read the book already and are sick and tired of the summaries; that's why I took it upon myself to do things a little differently. I'm going to post the points in the story that are important or have changed, etc etc.., you'll get the the drift when you start reading the points (hopefully)... so here goes:
- Hilda and her daughter Ellen lost their home to the bombs in London. Hilda's parents died because the bombs.
- Hilda wears her mother's chain and crucifix though neither she nor her mother was religious. Though her mother had worn the necklace because she felt it had protected her, Hilda believed in no such thing.
- Mabel, Hilda's friend, let's Hilda and Ellen stay with her until they leave to go to Gertie's farm. Mabel doesn't trust or approve of Gertie.
- As they settled down at the small farm, Ellen realizes a fascination for animals, and, because of that, Hilda believes she has made the right decision.
- Gertie and Hilda share a childhood together, where Hilda's mom was housekeeping for Gertie's father.
- Something about Gertie made the community as a whole deject her. Even her father, a religious man, saw her as an abomination in God's eyes. Nevertheless, Hilda didn't judge Gertie and still trusted her.
Question: Why was Hilda so set against believing in God or her mom's necklace? And since she didn't, why did Hilda still wear the crucifix?
:)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Daughter of the Empire 5
Without further preamble, I write to you the last, but never least, episode of 'Daughter of the Empire'. Enjoy the twists of the next trickery ;)
In such a celebration, blood feuds were supposed to be outwardly put on hold. On entrance to Minwanabi estates, Mara was given the Lord of the Minwanabi's (Lord Jingu's) honor to the safety of his 'guests' (so that if Mara or anyone under her was harmed by anyone Mineanabi, Jingu would have to kill himself to restore his house's honor). But the Lord's promise said nothing of accidents.
Stationed in a chamber out of the way of the rest of the house, Mara, her First Advisor, and a Strike Leader were asleep when the first attack came. A warrior took the Strike Leader by surprise and managed to give a fatal blow to the latter, but not before receiving an equal blow in return. Quickly, the First Advisor started a fire and began calling for help (that way, no one could ignore their pleas for help). When again in the safety of the public, Mara was nettled to realize that Jingu blamed the attack to that of a random thief. Without any evidence, she was forced to accept this.
Then Mara, with her Spy Master acting as her new Strike Leader, discretely sent a letter to Teani (the mistress who swore to kill Mara) to come meet her at night, when all was asleep. Teani came, bringing with her a warrior for protection. Mara claimed to have documents that proved Teani was an Anasati spy (which she was). So Teani, provoked by anger, struck at Mara. The warrior Teani brought with her was honor bound to protect Mara; he killed Teani. Then, when he realized that Mara had no documents to prove of Teani's real loyalties, and that Lord Jingu would be forced to kill himself, the warrior decided to kill Mara and claim to everyone in the morning that Mara had attacked first. While he aimed an attack at Mara, Mara's Spy Master hit him from behind, hard enough to make him unconscious.
By now, all the guests had awoken from the noise of the fight. When Mara accused Jingu, he denied again, saying she had no proof; but this time the Warlord intervened. He asked a Magician to prove who lied and who told the truth. Against all odds, Mara had defeated Jingu... but not the Minwanabi. Jingu's son, the new Lord, looked at Mara with murderous eyes only.
As another attempt to better her conditions, Mara suggested to the Warlord to complete his birthday celebrations on Acoma lands. After struggling for the needs of survival, Mara of the Acoma had finally restored her clan and empowered it.
Now that I have finally told all of the book, I am sorry to say that I will not be able to tell you what more will become of Mara of the Acoma, since the sequels of this book I cannot find.
But if anyone chances to find them their titles are:
Servants of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
If you do find them, buy them, read them, but above all tell me at once where they are so I can get my own copies :)
TTFN - Tigger style :P
In such a celebration, blood feuds were supposed to be outwardly put on hold. On entrance to Minwanabi estates, Mara was given the Lord of the Minwanabi's (Lord Jingu's) honor to the safety of his 'guests' (so that if Mara or anyone under her was harmed by anyone Mineanabi, Jingu would have to kill himself to restore his house's honor). But the Lord's promise said nothing of accidents.
Stationed in a chamber out of the way of the rest of the house, Mara, her First Advisor, and a Strike Leader were asleep when the first attack came. A warrior took the Strike Leader by surprise and managed to give a fatal blow to the latter, but not before receiving an equal blow in return. Quickly, the First Advisor started a fire and began calling for help (that way, no one could ignore their pleas for help). When again in the safety of the public, Mara was nettled to realize that Jingu blamed the attack to that of a random thief. Without any evidence, she was forced to accept this.
Then Mara, with her Spy Master acting as her new Strike Leader, discretely sent a letter to Teani (the mistress who swore to kill Mara) to come meet her at night, when all was asleep. Teani came, bringing with her a warrior for protection. Mara claimed to have documents that proved Teani was an Anasati spy (which she was). So Teani, provoked by anger, struck at Mara. The warrior Teani brought with her was honor bound to protect Mara; he killed Teani. Then, when he realized that Mara had no documents to prove of Teani's real loyalties, and that Lord Jingu would be forced to kill himself, the warrior decided to kill Mara and claim to everyone in the morning that Mara had attacked first. While he aimed an attack at Mara, Mara's Spy Master hit him from behind, hard enough to make him unconscious.
By now, all the guests had awoken from the noise of the fight. When Mara accused Jingu, he denied again, saying she had no proof; but this time the Warlord intervened. He asked a Magician to prove who lied and who told the truth. Against all odds, Mara had defeated Jingu... but not the Minwanabi. Jingu's son, the new Lord, looked at Mara with murderous eyes only.
As another attempt to better her conditions, Mara suggested to the Warlord to complete his birthday celebrations on Acoma lands. After struggling for the needs of survival, Mara of the Acoma had finally restored her clan and empowered it.
Now that I have finally told all of the book, I am sorry to say that I will not be able to tell you what more will become of Mara of the Acoma, since the sequels of this book I cannot find.
But if anyone chances to find them their titles are:
Servants of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
If you do find them, buy them, read them, but above all tell me at once where they are so I can get my own copies :)
TTFN - Tigger style :P
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