The Enchanter Heir (The Heir Chronicles, 4) - Softcover

Chima, Cinda Williams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1423192532 ISBN 13: 9781423192534

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014

Synopsis

They called it the Thorn Hill Massacre-the brutal attack on a once-thriving Weir community. Though Jonah Kinlock lived through it, he did not emerge unscathed: like the other survivors Jonah possesses unique magical gifts that set him apart from members of the mainline guilds. At seventeen, Jonah has become the deadliest assassin in Nightshade, a network that hunts the undead.

Emma Claire Greenwood grew up worlds away, raised by a grandfather who taught her music rather than magic. An unschooled wild child, she runs the streets until the night she finds her grandfather dying, gripping a note warning Emma that she might be in danger. The clue he leaves behind leads Emma into Jonah's life-and a shared legacy of secrets and lingering questions.

Was Thorn Hill really a peaceful commune? Or was it, as the Wizard Guild claims, a hotbed of underguild terrorists? The Wizards' suspicions grow when members of the mainline guilds start turning up dead. They blame Nightshade, bringing tensions between the groups to a head.

Racing against time, Jonah and Emma work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, amid increasing concern that whoever planned the Thorn Hill Massacre might strike again.

Praise for The Heir Chronicles:

The Enchanter Heir
* "Chima orchestrates a world gravid with smoke and grit and sudden death, throbbing with hopeless longings, messy affections, festering resentments, passionate hungers, inevitable betrayals, and miraculous flashes of beauty and grace. A smoldering story soaked in tears, sweat and blood, constantly threatening to blaze into an inferno. Spellbinding." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Intriguing plot and subplot teasers abound, and the book ends in a cliffhanger that will have readers roaring for the next entry. Chima continues to excel at building tension and populating her well-told tales with new and returning characters we want to know better." -Booklist

The Dragon Heir
"Chima spins a finely structured tale that roars to a satisfying conclusion." -School Library Journal

The Wizard Heir
"Chima uses her pen like a wand and crafts a wonderfully rich web of magic, while thankfully leaving some dangling threads for subsequent tales." -VOYA

The Warrior Heir
*"Chima offers a pitch-perfect blend of high fantasy and small-town reality..." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

About this title

About the Author

Cinda Williams Chima is the New York Times bestselling author of The Warrior Heir, The Wizard Heir, The Dragon Heir, The Enchanter Heir, and the four books in the Seven Realms series, The Demon King, The Exiled Queen, The Gray Wolf Throne, and The Crimson Crown. Cinda is a graduate of The University of Akron and Case Western Reserve University. She lives in Ohio with her family.

Review

PRAISE FOR THE DRAGON HEIR

"Chima spins a finely structured tale that roars to a satisfying conclusion."―School Library Journal

PRAISE FOR THE WIZARD HEIR

"Chima uses her pen like a wand and crafts a wonderfully rich web of magic, while thankfully leaving some dangling threads for subsequent tales."―VOYA

"Intriguing plot and subplot teasers abound, and the book ends in a cliffhanger that will have readers roaring for the next entry. Chima continues to excel at building tension and populating her well-told tales with new and returning characters we want to know better."―Booklist

* "Chima orchestrates a world gravid with smoke and grit and sudden death, throbbing with hopeless longings, messy affections, festering resentments, passionate hungers, inevitable betrayals, and miraculous flashes of beauty and grace. A smoldering story soaked in tears, sweat and blood, constantly threatening to blaze into an inferno. Spellbinding."―Kirkus Reviews, starred review

PRAISE FOR THE WARRIOR HEIR

*"Chima offers a pitch-perfect blend of high fantasy and small-town reality..."―The Bulletin of the Center for Children?s Books (starred review)

PRAISE FOR THE WARRIOR HEIR

* "Twists and turns abound in this remarkable, nearly flawless debut novel that mixes a young man's coming-of-age with fantasy and adventure."―VOYA (starred review)

PRAISE FOR THE WIZARD HEIR

"Chima is a talented storyteller...a strong choice for teens seeking a rousing read."―The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

PRAISE FOR THE DRAGON HEIR

* "A superlative accomplishment."―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1423192532
• ISBN 13: 9781423192534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480