Hidden Fires

by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel

Book Overview

He had spent a hundred years seeking the woman called Silver; he still didn’t know if he was going to kill her.Garth Kristinsson’s parents were free-traders, the aristocracy of con artists, able to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446361291
• ISBN13: 9780446361293
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

can I have some more please?

I greatly enjoyed this series not just this book. Her depth and understanding of human nature and social politics really shines through. I had to read one right after the other... I devoured the series and felt bad when I realized there was no more to eat! She may not like the comparison but these to me this series is a strange and beautiful blending in my head of Dune and Andre Norton. Now we just need to see more work from her again!

Excellent read! I have visited this book many times!

Katherine is a wonderful wordsmith. In Hidden Fires, she continues to develop the characters and world of Nuala. Silver is a stong, quick witted character with her own sense of honor. She was a Free Trader, and is now the wife of the ruling Atare. They both have worked to build Nuala into a stong world. She and her husband struggle with forces threatening what they have built. I've read Hidden Fires several times, and each time I'm drawn into the history and character of Nuala's culture. I love this book, and the series!

Hidden Fires-3rd in the Nuala Series

This book is an excellent adventure. The mine sequence is unusual and has a 3 dimentional quality that makes underground conditions very real. The story does rely heavily on the character development set up in Fires of Nuala and does not seem as intense as the 2 previous stories. Overall...where's the next story about Nuala???

A delight to read

I've read and enjoyed this book several times. Most of the story takes place on Nuala, a planet with areas of radiation deadly to all but a few "sini" humans. The story opens many light-years from Nuala. Garth Kristinsson is a young man who has spent 100 years, mostly in frozen sleep between worlds, seeking justice for his parents' death. Garth learns that a woman who formerly worked in partnership with his parents now lives on Nuala, so he heads there. Garth's quest uncovers some unexpected answers, and his quest for revenge gets tangled in a revolution. Silver Atare is the heroine of the book: strong, talented, and very likable. Lots of action and a great ending. I highly recommend the book.