FALCONDANCE: The Kiesha'ra: Volume Three
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Delacorte Press
Fantasy
ISBN: 0385731949
192 pages

FALCONDANCE is the third book in the Kiesha'ra series; the first two dealt with Danica Shardae and Zane Cobriana, shapeshifter leaders who marry to join their worlds in peace. The series left off with Danica being pregnant, but FALCONDANCE is not about Oliza, their child and heir. Rather, it focuses on Nicias, a falcon who is one of Oliza's sworn guards.

Falcons are not looked upon favorably in Wyvern's Court, and when Nicias begins to experience falcon magic, he knows he must go back to the land of his ancestors to understand these strange new powers. What he learns there is that he does indeed have power and is considered of royal blood. This fact is both powerful and dangerous in the falcon world and back at home in Wyvern.

Terrible things are in his history that forever have been wiped from the memories of his parents, exiles living in Wyvern. But once he knows the truth about where he comes from, he sees that the future of Wyvern's Court and Oliza are in danger unless he acts to ensure otherwise.

Nicias brings a troubled woman back from Ahnmik, the falcon land, who is related to the serpiente. She could be a threat to Oliza but needed to go to Wyvern to survive.  Her actions, and Nicias's, likely will be spelled out further in the next volume.  

Beautifully described settings and Nicias himself will draw readers into this complicated and darkly suspenseful story. Readers will need to follow along carefully as in any fantasy series.

   --- Reviewed by Amy Alessio

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