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Kushiel's Legacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kushiel's Legacy is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Jacqueline Carey, comprised of Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, and Kushiel's Avatar. The main setting of Kushiel's Legacy is the country of Terre d'Ange (resembling France), the "Land of the Angels". Naamah (goddess of the Night Court) is the patron of Namarre, Anael of L'Agnace, Azza of Azzalle, Shemhazai of Siovale, Camael of Camlach, Eisheth of Eisande, and Kushiel of Kusheth. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kushiel's_Legacy   (390 words)

Review: Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel Trilogy, reviewed by J.G. Stinson Kushiel is the angel of justice and retribution, the "rigid one of God," whose Dart marks the anguissette, one who experiences pain as pleasure and pleasure as pain, without any conscious effort, as well as a sort of religious ecstasy when pushed to either limit. Kushiel guides her steps, and she and Joscelin are able to finally warn their ruler of her impending danger. Kushiel's Chosen opens with Phèdre and her household -- Joscelin and three of the "boys" among them -- preparing to return to Elua from her lands in Montrève, which she received from the Crown as recompense for having been falsely accused of murder. www.strangehorizons.com /2004/20040308/kushiel.shtml   (2721 words)

Borders - Feature - Stricken by Kushiel's Dart The earliest seeds of Kushiel's Dart were planted in my mind many years ago, when I discovered the passage in Genesis about how the "sons of God" came in to the "daughters of Men," and they bore children to them. Kushiel, "the rigid one of God," is one of the most unusual. The story of Kushiel's Dart is set a thousand years after the advent of Elua and his Companions, who have long since struck a bargain with God and Earth and departed the mortal coil. www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=jacquelinecarey   (712 words)

Review of 'Kushiel's Dart'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) She is marked by 'Kushiel's Dart', a mote of scarlet in the iris of her left eye. 'Kushiel's Dart', in fact, reads more like an alternative history than fantasy, because in fantasy we are used to having a magical element to the story. Apart from a couple of psychic characters, who are not overplayed, and the timely appearance of an omenic beast, the otherworldly is absent until near the end of the story. members.aol.com /malaktawus/Articles/Kushiel.htm   (1684 words)

Powell's Books - Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Her bond was purchased by a nobleman, and he was the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. "Kushiel's Avatar is the concluding volume in Jacqueline Carey's evocative novels about the enigmatic Phedre no Delaunay; the third in a triptych of beautifully constructed historical fantasies that combine passion and danger, great battles of the sword and soul, deep eroticism, and mystical enigmas. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Kushiel's Legacy fantasy trilogy, including Kushiel's Dart, which received the Locus Award for Best First Novel and the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Fantasy in 2001. www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0765347539   (1089 words)

Internet Book List :: Book Information: Kushiel's Chosen Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye and sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with a very special mission—and the first to recognize her for who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. KUSHIEL'S CHOSEN is elegant, intricate, sensual, and captivating. www.iblist.com /book2455.htm   (465 words)

Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Following the triumphant success of her Kushiel series (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar), Jacqueline Carey now turns her hand to another startling fable, an epic tale of gods waging war in their bid to control an entire universe and the mortals they use as chess pieces in a most deadly game. "Kushiel's Legacy" is a fine series, and an excellent example of what a writer can do when he or she decides to take an unorthodox character down the usual Hero's Journey. "Kushiel's Avatar," the third of Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel's Legacy trilogy (for now at least, the door seems to be left partially open for more tales) packs surprises right from the start and continues to do so until its dramatic conclusion. www.enotalone.com /books/0765347539.html   (1624 words)

Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission...and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Kushiel's Dart, part of the Kushiel Legacy Trilogy is so profoundly rich in culture and intellect that a simple mind will have a lock down. Kushiel's Dart has a new twist on historical facts as Carey invents her own stable and unique religion based off common knowledge of Christianity, Judiasm, and paganism, all of which have a focus in the Trilogy series. www.enotalone.com /books/0765342987.html   (1953 words)

The Alien Online - Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror News, Reviews, Articles and more...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Amy: A major part of the fascination of Kushiel's Dart is the importance in the plot of the strong connection of spirituality with sensuality in all its forms in ways that challenge traditional gender roles and attitudes in 'our' world. Kushiel's Dart is the first of three books; there are two sequels to follow, stand-alone books in an overall story arc. The first, Kushiel's Chosen, is due out in April 2002, and I've finally added a bit of information about it on my website, www.jacquelinecarey.com. www.thealienonline.net /interviews/jacquelinecarey_apr02.asp   (2007 words)

Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Avatar Kushiel's Chosen, selected from birth to bear a most unique gift for accepting pain and pleasure in the same act, submitting to the wicked and the dangerous as very few ever would. But Phèdre nó Delauney, anguisette and Kushiel's Chosen, plaything of the gods and instrument of their will, might just be the one to defy all the odds, and change the world forever. Though the world of Kushiel's Avatar is superficially an altered fantasy version of our own, it's also something unique, a world where gods have power, where "Love as thou wilt" rules an entire nation, where magic is a darkly subtle, ever-mysterious force, and where so much of the furthest lands remains an enigma. www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_carey_kushielsavatar.html   (1102 words)

Romantic SF & Fantasy Novels | KUSHIEL'S DART KUSHIEL'S DART is set in an alternate-reality dark ages (I think) France that has a culture and religion based on free love. The most memorable thing a reader takes away from this book, though, without a doubt, is the heroine's sexuality and the role it plays in the her adventures, survival, heroism, and rise in the world. KUSHIEL'S DART wasn't always comfortable reading, but it was consistently good. www.romanticsf.com /reviews/carey-dart.shtml   (942 words)

Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Legacy Ser. Phedre is sold into slavery as a child, but she possesses a secret that can topple a kingdom and bring warlords to their knees. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart -- a massive tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new. Phédre nó Delaunay is the woman who holds the keys to her realm's deadly secrets, and whose courage will decide the very future of her world. www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=51725010   (781 words)

Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart When the noble Anafiel Delauney buys Phedre's bond, he treats her like a favored daughter, training her to be literate in several languages and in politics, history, philosophy and the arts of pleasure while also encouraging her to hone her observational and critical abilities to become a valued courtesan and a capable and unobtrusive spy. Most fascinating and potentially controversial are the descriptions of a wide variety of sexual practices with partners of every gender and persuasion, never gratuitous and always tinged with the sacred potential of every such encounter according to the beliefs of that world. Kushiel's Dart, despite its length, offers such a riveting yarn of intense emotions, intriguing background details, compelling personalities, provocative blends of Christianity and paganism and spiritual sensuality that readers will finish it satisfied yet eagerly awaiting the sequel hinted at in the concluding passages. www.rambles.net /carey_kushiel.html   (540 words)

ParanormalRomance Reviews: Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Avatar Review The lead protagonists as expected are complete individuals so that fans understand their motives and how each interacts with others in adventurous scenarios while the secondary characters appear so authentic that the depth of the plot is as deep as a tale seemingly can become. Her bond was purchased by a nobleman, and he was the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.Phèdre's path has taken a strange and sometimes dangerous course. She has lain with princes and pirate kings, battled a wicked temptress who is still determined to win the crown at any cost, and saved two nations with her courageous actions and sacrifices. pnr.thebestreviews.com /review11886   (433 words)

The Hall of Mirrors: Book Review -- Kushiel's Chosen Kushiel's Chosen is the sequel to Kushiel's Dart. She is chosen of the god Kushiel, and bears his dart, a red mote in her eye. In the land of Terre D'Ange, where the god Elua declared love as thou wilt she is an accomplished courtesan. www.hall-of-mirrors.com /000884.shtml   (364 words)

Kushiel's Dart--Jacqueline Carey Phèdre, unwanted child of a former adept of the opulent pleasure houses of the Night Court, is born with a red mote in her eye. There's much else to praise in Kushiel's Dart: the vivid cast of characters, the exciting plotting, the carefully-wrought details of culture and legend, the polished prose style (oh, what a rare treat it is to read a really well-written epic fantasy novel!). As with any large, ambitious work, there are some caveats too: the book is somewhat longer than it needs to be, and the important character of Joscelin, initially very strong, falls unfortunately into the background for much of the novel's latter third, robbing the ambiguous romantic resolution of some of its power. www.sff.net /people/victoriastrauss/ReviewKushiel.html   (662 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Books: Kushiel's Dart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Jacqueline Carey has surpassed herself with this book the writing is elegant, the story grabs you and carrys you along with it until you are inside the book. This book can be quite erotic at times, but this book should not be dismissed as erotic fiction it is much more than that, an extremely well told book based in the middle ages in Europe, the use of the old country names such as Alba emphasises this. Phedre bears the mark of Kushiel's Dart, a scarlet mote in her eye. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0330493744   (1298 words)

Women in Fantasy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) With KUSHIEL'S AVATAR, Jacqueline Carey concludes the mesmerizing trilogy she began with Kushiel's Dart (Tor mm) and continued in Kushiel's Chosen. Jacqueline Carey is renowned for her vividly imagined characters, sharp political observations, and compelling plotlines set against a strong alternate historical/theological backdrop. Her Kushiel trilogy is a series that epitomizes the classic epic fantasy. www.tor.com /womeninfantasy/carey/avatar_print.html   (560 words)

Amazon.com: Books: Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) We hear the story as told by Phèdre, who bears the mark of "Kushiel's Dart," as the scarlet mote in her eye is referred to. Into this mix is born Phedre, a child who's rejected from the house she's born into (the delicate-fainter house) primarily because she has a "flaw"---a tiny blood-spot in one eye. In Terre d'Ange, this is called "Kushiel's Dart," and it's the marker of one chosen by the cruelest of Elua's angels, Kushiel, who administered punishments to sinners in Purgatory. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0765342987?v=glance   (3816 words)

ParanormalRomance Reviews: Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen Review Having saved Terre d'Ange (see KUSHIEL'S DART), Phedre no Delaunaey is proud of becoming a member of the peerage yet bored with the acceptable social life as the Comtesse de Montrève. KUSHIEL'S CHOSEN is an intriguing fantasy that follows the adventures of its heroine trying to save her world. The problem is that in an extremely short time, Kushiel hops from one adventure to another without any closure at a pace that would make Indiana Jones require bed rest against a villain who seems to have lost her bite at least in this sequel. pnr.thebestreviews.com /review4205   (268 words)

ALL ABOUT ROMANCE reviews Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey Phedre grows up being an outsider in the Night Court until one day a nobleman named Delaunay recognizes the red speck as Kushiel's dart, a sign that she has been chosen by Kushiel, the angel who inflicts pain on sinners. Kushiel's Dart is a lot of things, but one thing it most certainly is not is bland. The second book, Kushiel's Chosen, will be out in April 2002 and she is doing research on Egypt for the third book. www.likesbooks.com /zhao.html   (627 words)

Crescent Blues Book Views | Jacqueline Carey: Kushiel's Dart Yes, Kushiel's Dart achieves 701 pages, and yes, I would definitely label it "epic" and "impressive." But Carey's twisted Renaissance world and her sensual heroine, Phedre, captured my notoriously short attention span from the first chapter. Far from being a flaw, the mote in Phedre's eye marks her as a bearer of Kushiel's Dart and as an anguisette (one who receives pleasure from pain). Kushiel, an acolyte of the god, Elua, willingly accepted pain for his God. www.crescentblues.com /4_4issue/bk_Carey_kushiels_dart.shtml   (431 words)

The SF Site Featured Review: Kushiel's Chosen This sequel to Kushiel's Dart continues the adventures of Phèdre nó Delauney, Comtesse de Montreve and natural-born anguissette. This is the middle volume of a trilogy, and it succeeds in further developing the characters, the dangers, and the world so well that the year-long wait for the third installment becomes -- no pun intended -- a torture. I'm sure many would claim that Kushiel's Chosen shows growth and improvement in Carey's prose, but I missed the rougher cut of the original. www.sfsite.com /07b/kc132.htm   (513 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Books: Kushiel's Chosen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Phèdre nó Delaunay fights to save her queen and country in a battle whose greatest weapon proves to be Phèdre herself.Again we see Phedre plying her skills as an anguisette and a spy. The first book in the "Kushiel Trilogy", _Kushiel's Dart_, was one of the best -- if not the best -- fantasy book of last year, and its sequel, _Kushiel's Chosen_, did not disappoint me in the least. It is a certainly a different book, at least compared to the first half of _Kushiel's Dart_ which centred around Phèdre's coming of age, as _Kushiel's Chosen_ combines the headache-inducing intrigues of the first half of _Kushiel's Dart_ with the fast-paced action of its latter half. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0765345048   (638 words)

Amazon.ca: Books: Kushiel's Chosen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) She uncovers a conspiracy of treason and murder and begins an adventure that takes her once more to distant lands in the company of an intriguing cast of characters--and a new confrontation with her old enemy, Melisande Shahrizai. I feel that Kushiel's Chosen lives up to its predecsor, and in some ways it surpassed it, and of course in others it did not. Honestly, Kushiel's Chosen works well enough as a tale of adventure, but I feel that Carey has laid too much groundwork to ignore her heroine's more internal conflicts. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0765345048   (1282 words)

The Kushiel Series Said guild, like most of the mechanisms of this nation, is derived from the religion created at the time said nation was founded), where she discovers she is favoured by the angel-cum-god Kushiel, and born to bear pain with joy. She is adopted into the home of a compassionate man who nonetheless has covertous use for her talents and trainings, becomes a courtesan in this man's service, acquires a faithful protector and has many adventures. There's very little overt magic-use (save for those few individuals who, when they appear, shake the firmament), but its existence is truly reflected in the behaviours of the people and the structures of their societies. www.eyrie.org /~frobozz/review/fbks.html   (1665 words)

BookLoons Reviews - Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Because of a small flaw, a 'pinprick of living blood' in her left eye, Phèdre is sold as a four-year-old 'whore's unwanted get' into indentured servitude at the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers. When the mote in her eye is recognized as the mark of Kushiel, the young woman's bond is sold to poet / spymaster Anafiel Delaunay, who continues her education in languages, history, politics and geography, and begins an apprenticeship in other areas. Kushiel's mark in Phèdre's eye mark her as a very rare anguissette, one who takes pleasure in pain. www.bookloons.com /cgi-bin/Review.asp?bookid=216   (403 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Kushiel's Chosen at Epinions.com If you haven't read Carey's first book, Kushiel's Dart, you should probably read that one before this one, as it introduces the characters and plot. The story continues to follow the adventures of Phedre, an unlikely heroine, and her friends and acquaintances. Phedre's story is completed in the third book, Kushiel's Avatar, which is a much darker work and finishes Phedre's story. www.epinions.com /content_121892408964   (305 words)

Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar - tribe.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar - tribe.net Jacqueline Carey has a lovely little trilogy going on with Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar, all set in a mythical land modeled after France, with sacred prostitutes, gypsies, woad-faced barbarians, and the sexiest, nastiest, fl-haired villainess you'd ever want to meet. Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar was recommended for: www.tribe.net /recommendation/94f0178a-ad1e-4fb3-a903-bb6bcb1410da   (73 words)

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