Exiles' Return

Gayle Greeno is a wonderful writer. Her book pulls the reader into its world from the very beginning. I would, however, recommend reading the first two in this set in order to fully understand everything that is going on.

As fear against Resonants (formerly known as Gleaners) grows and Doyce Marbon awaits the birth of her children, she undertakes a special project to explore the beginnings of the Seekers and at last readers find out their origins and the story of the founder, Matty Vandersma. Another rich tale of intrigue and fantastic adventure in a great new realm. If this series has a flaw, it's the delay between new books! Highly recommend!

The war between Canderis and Marchmont is over and some people are afraid of the Resonants powers. The King of Marchmont makes a royal progress to Canderis in an attempt to show the Canderisans that there is nothing to fear from Resonants.Doyce and Khar'Pern are both pregnant and Doyce is attempting to write a history of the Seekers Veritas for their 200th anniversary. In researching the history, Khar gets her involved in actually meeting Matty Vandersma and his Bond, Kharm. Doyce is able to go into a sort of trance and actually "live in the moment" with Matty.In a tale of intrigue that involves Jenret, the father of Doyce's babies, Harrup and Parm, Addawanna and many of the people we learned to love in the previous books, the good eventually triumphs and Gayle Greeno leaves us wanting more.

Exiles' Return is the dramatic tale of a world-wide struggle and the few people who are chosen to end it. When the secret existance of feared telepathic abilities comes into the public light, fear and panic break out, resulting in a conflict that nearly tears the world apart. The story is told through alternating views of several characters, and the smooth, fast-paced flow of events makes this novel a great read.

Ms Greeno has built a wonderful world to romp through. Her characters are vibrant; you feel as you know each of them and their loves, likes, as well as their dislikes. Doyce is a special. Her Bondmate, Khar-pern, is also special. Khar strives to more knowledge through the spirals and brings history alive for Doyce as she is writing the history of the Seekers Veritas. Through Khar, and later on her own, she relives the lives of the original seeker pair, Matthias Vandersma and Kharm, as they seek acceptance and and their destiny in life. The past and the present soon become intertwined as they spiral through the complexities of the past and try to unravel the present unrest. The past society trying to find it's way through the dangers of the exploding Plumbs, the present society in danger of exploding with ages-old predjudice of Normals against a minority with special mind-linking powers, the Resonants. Both societies close to disaster. Can past hisory save the present?