The Castings Trilogy: Blood Ties - Pamela Freeman

BLOOD TIES - PAMELA FREEMAN This is the first book in the Castings Triology and the first book written for adults by Pamela Freeman. OVERVIEW This book follows the stories of three main characters with interludes of stories from the minor characters that they meet along the way. All are unhappy with the current state of the world which is ruled by Warlords who having taken control of the lands and now rule through fear and violence. The decendants of the original inhabitants of the domains, forced to become travellers by the Warlords are often sensitive to the Gods and to ghosts who wonder the land. ...  Read the complete review

The history of the Eleven Domains is a violent one, with the whole country having been overthrown by Acton and his armies some years before. Now the invaders live in the villages the original residents were removed from and those who survived now live a rootless existence as Travellers and are looked down upon and mistreated by the locals and the Warlords who control each Domain. Even those who have settled down and made a life for themselves and have cast off the road are treated with suspicion by those they live amongst. "Blood Ties" follows three of these outsiders as they make their way in and through the world. Bramble has had to run away ...  Read the complete review