The Gathering Flame

Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonald

Macmillan, Jun 13, 1995 - Fiction - 442 pages

The Mageworlds are pludering the civilized galaxy, one planet at a time. First, their scout-ships appeared above the outplanets. Raiding parties followed, then whole armadas bent on loot and conquest. The Mages break the warfleets that oppose them. They take entire planets. Who can stop them?Not Perada Rosselin, Domina of Entibor. She's the absolute ruler of a rich world and all its colonies, but Entibor's space fleet is too small to mount a defense. And Perada herself, just back from school on distant Galcen, is almost an outworlder in her own court.Not Jod Metadi, the most famous -- or notorious -- of the privateers of Innish-Kyl. Jos can fight the Mages and he can best them one on one, but his preferred targets are cargo vessels, not the dangerous and unprofitable ships of war. Metadi stays clear of the Mageworlds' battle fleet -- when he can.Not Errec Ransome. He understands the Mageworlds better than anyone. But there are some things he'll never tell -- and some things he's swornto himself that he'll never do again.Now, the Mages have attacked Entibor. That was a mistake.

What people are saying

Review: Gathering Flame (Mageworlds #4)

User Review  - Nanci - Goodreads

I really loved Jos and Perada's story, but the other plotlines didn't seem to come together as well as in the Mageworlds trilogy. (I felt several things were extraneous.) Still, it was an enjoyable ...

Review: Gathering Flame (Mageworlds #4)

User Review  - Shoshana - Goodreads

This fantastic prequel to the first three Mageworlds books follows Jos and Perada from their first meeting to the end of living Entibor and does a great job making up for their (understandable) lack ...

Contents

• I: 1
• II: 19
• III: 38
• IV: 55
• V: 72
• VI: 90
• VII: 109
• VIII: 127
• IX: 143
• X: 161
• XI: 177
• XII: 198
• XIII: 217
• XIV: 235
• XV: 252
• XVI: 268
• XVII: 285
• XVIII: 304
• XIX: 324
• XX: 340
• XXI: 359
• XXII: 378
• XXIII: 395
• XXIV: 409
• XXV: 426

About the author

Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald live in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Their previous SF novels include "The Price of the Stars, Starpilot's Grave, By Honor Betray'd, The Gathering Flame, The Long Hunt, "and "The Stars Asunder," Their fantasy novel, "Knight's Wyrd," won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.

J. D. Macdonald is better known as James D. Macdonald. He and his wife, Debra Doyle, are the authors of the acclaimed Mageworlds series. J. D. Macdonald is a winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. He resides in New Hampshire.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Gathering Flame; Issue 4 of MageWorlds Series; Book 4 of Mageworlds, Debra Doyle; Mageworlds, No 4; Mageworlds, prequel
• Authors: Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonald
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1995
• ISBN: 0812534956, 9780812534955
• Length: 442 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General