Cast in Fury

Great book. Cant wait till the next one comes out. Like this series very much.

Cast in Fury is the 4th book in this series and they just keep getting better. While I believe that it could be read alone, most of the sub-story would be lost since each book proceeds upon the previous ones. Kaylin is a Hawk, one of the three branches of the Lords of Law. She is the youngest and least educated of all the Hawks, having failed all classes but the extremely practical. She is a private because there isn't a lower rank. She is defined by her great love and protectiveness for children (any children), the words in an ancient language which appear as tatoos on her skin, the great power which the marks have given, a power she uses mostly for healing with a reluctance to use the power in any other way, and nack fot making unusual friends. This is a world of many races called casts here. The Dragon Lords, who can change from human to dragon but are forbidden to do so by the Emperor, also a Dragon Lord. They along with the Barrani are immortal, though they can be killed. The Barrani are annoying to most other races because they are perfect, perfectly beautiful, perfectly graceful, perfectly arrogant and long lived. The mortal races include the humans, the arian who have wings and can fly, the Tha'alani who are telepaths and the Leontine who are lion people. Kaylin has friends among all of them and doesn't find it remarkable, She is most close to the Leontine. There are two main themes to the story. The first is that she and her partner Severn are assigned to assist the Imperial Playwrite to write a plan showing that the telepathic Tha'alani are human to the human population. At the end of Cast in Secret. the Tha'alani leave their quarter and march to the port to stand in the way of a giant tital wave. They were trying to save the city, but it appeasred to the human people that they called the tital wave. Kaylin is not the person who would be the first choice for Imperial Palace duty, except that she knows the Tha'alani. The other major theme is the Leontine and their pridlea. Kaylin's sargent is Marcus, the first and only Leontine to serve the Empire in the Halls of Law. He has been arrested for murder. Kaylin is part of Marcus' "office pride" and is essentially an adopted daughter in his Pridlea. She can't believe that he murdered anyone, has only 5 days to prove it and Marcus is not cooporating. Cast in Fury contains a lot of fascinating detail about the Leontine as does her other books about the other races. There is more though. From the beginning of Cast in Shaddows to the end of Cast in Fury there is only a few months in time. Someone is waking up the old ones who have been gone for a long time and change is coming. There have been battles in each of the books, but they appear to only foreshaddows. And Kaylin will play an important role because she was Chosen. Kaylin is an interesting character. She grows in each of the books. She has great power, doesn't understand it, doesn't want to understand it

This book is as amazing as the frist three series. It just gets better and the character build-up is just wonderful. However, I hope that for the next series there's more character development of the Dragon caste system and Severen. I mean we get hints of Severen's life but no more and I'm really wanting to know more. Thanks for this wonderful series!!!

Whenever another of the Elantra books comes out, I'm there. I wish I never had to leave. I wish I could see all the cases that Kaylin and Severn investigate and all the politics of the Castes and the Court. If you are a fan, this book didn't disappoint. It got back to the idea of investigation, with the usual interesting spotlight on how cultural differences can muck things up. You can see Kaylin's growth through the series as well as the development of important and real relationships, not just an obvious romance. All my favorite characters are back, with different emphases this round. I hope there are going to be 20 more!

Michelle Sagara has a wonderful series going here and this is one of the best in the series. Marcus is the Leontine who is her sargent in the Hawks. I have often wondered about the Leontines. Each of her novels deals with one of the different races who dwell in Elantra. Her last novel showcased the Tha'alani, a race of telepaths. The one before that showcased the Barrani. Marcus has been relieved from duty and arrested for murder by the Caste Court of the Leontines. He admits to the murder and doesn't want Kaylin to interfere. Kaylin has been raised by his wives in the Pridlea. She will do anything to save him. The wives are a wonderful addition to Elantra and I liked each one, with their deep devotion to Marcus and each other. The Outcaste Dragon has returned and Kaylin is again involved with trying to stop him from destroying Elantra. The Tha'alani are in trouble because they faced the Tidal Wave in the last book and the humans think they caused it. The court playwrite is ordered to write a play that will help the two races understand each other and Kaylin and Severn are ordered to help him. With all these things going on Kaylin is at the center. She and Severn along with Sanabalis and Tiamaris are dragged into all of the action. As with all of the books there is much action and adventure. I loved it.