Fire Get

By Cheryl J. Franklin

A young noblewoman gifted with the power of sorcery flees the anti-magic society where she lives and joins up with a band of Venturers, unwittingly taking part in a mission that will ultimately force her to choose sides in a war of magic.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0886772311
• ISBN13: 9780886772314
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

I won't say it's the best thing I've ever read,

but I've stayed up a few nights with it, just the same.This is one of those books that you're better off with if you can find a musty, well-loved copy. It just lends itself to that old-fashioned smell. It's a beautifully simple story about dark sorcery, good guys fighting bad guys, and improbable romance. The characters are great, better than I expected to find in a book like this. Rhianna is a willowy girl who holds powerful magic locked within her. But instead of being a helpless damsel who erupts in fire at the last minute, she turns out to be practical, clever enough to fend for herself, and emotionally strong. I don't think she ever even gets taken hostage.Instead, Kaedric does all the erupting in fire. Tall, dark, intimidating, brooding, Kaedric is a throwback to the days of the Wizard Kings, sorcerers so powerful they shaped the very earth to their whims. Kaedric broods so much that he seems to be more of a shadow cast across the story than an actual character half the time. But at least he doesn't brood in an annoying way. He's got a bit of a dark streak in his personality too, which lends a bit of depth to the storyline.He's on a quest, she wants freedom from an oppressive family life. They manage to meet somewhere in the middle and (this actually is a shock) fall for each other. In the meantime, of course, the world is being threatened by an evil wizard, and naturally it takes the both of them to stop it. Simple plot, interesting story. It's not cluttered up by plot twists or moralizing; if you're looking for those then head elsewhere. What you'll find here is good old-fashioned quests and wizardry, some nice explosions, a touch of darkness, a brooding hero and a resilient young heroine. And really, what more do you need?Well, and maybe there're one or two twists after all.

I have yet to read better

Cheryl J. Franklin is the BEST author in reality. Her books are complex yet comprehendable. Somehow she manages to edit the possibilities and impossibilities. Reading her books allow you to leave the real world behind. Whoever put this book out of print needs a brain transplant. She takes an old topic- a noble-blooded girl with an ogreish father and a dead mother runs away from an unsatisfactory marraige and has adventures concerning the fate of all she holds dear, and finds a love along the way- and makes it original; uncontaminated. My mother bought an old copy from a library for 25 cents and gave it to me. I, at the time was reading the same Frank Herbert and Tamora Pierce(I'm 12 yrs old, but don't let that bias you) books over and over again, I was so hungry for a good book. I looked at, eventually decided that there should be some sense in the saying, "you can't judge a book by it's cover" and read it. It was amazing: the best book I have ever read (trust me, I have read a LOT of books, and none have come near to rivaling this one, although some of Franklin's other books...).Kaedric, Rhianna's love,is a hero in his own right, not just someone she beds, which is a nice change. This is a book you can read over and over, and it get's better every time.

If there was a god, Franklin I worship you for this one!!!!

Fire Get is a work of art, which, even now can hold a person spellbound. Franklin's descriptive use of words creates for a the reader a world so powerful and full of magic, sorcerors and adventure. Kaedric, our hero cum villain is a man who, quite frankly I would LOVE to meet, and Rhianna the heroine is a credit to the female; she has the strength to capture the love of a man so complex as Kaedric. Like an embroiderer Franklin threads a story so compelling... combining romance, danger, fun and adventure so expertly it takes your breath away to read the result. All hail Franklin for this masterpiece!!