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Avelia Warbler wakes from two years of magical healing with a price on her head and the minions of a bloodthirsty cult dogging her heels. The world has changed while she slept, and that sleep has changed her as well. Now a sixty-year-old woman in a twenty-year-old body, she must dodge assassins, bounty hunters, and the ghosts of her own past on her way to a sorcerous labyrinth of recollection where the face of her greatest enemy lies hidden.
The Sharp Edge of Memory is the first novel in a trilogy (The Aveliad), as well as the second novel of the Delvonian Tales. It is preceded by The Last Tragedy, but can be read independently.
A Stunning Follow up to The Last TragedyMr. Mallette again proves he's got the chops for epic fantasy in spades. His worldbuilding just continues to add depth, dimension and wonder to this fantastic, yet deadly world. His characters are so human it's scary. Avelia Warbler has got to be one of my all time favorite characters in any genre of writing. She has been around the block a few times, so she knows what she is doing. She is brutally honest with herself, and always humble, but directly does
Oops. I read this and moved on to the next book so fast that I type this as I've almost finished the last book. Which is pretty much all the review you need.
As I was prepping this one for publication, I was reminded how much I enjoy some of the characters and scenes. It's a story about heroism, so if you prefer morally ambiguous protagonists, you should probably lop a couple of stars off my rating.

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