Halls of Law
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Seventeen-year-old Kerida Nast has always wanted a career in the military, just like the rest of her family. So when her Talent is discovered, and she knows she'll have to spend the rest of her life as a psychic for the Halls of Law, Ker isn't happy about it. Anyone entering the Halls must give up all personal connection with the outside world, losing their family and friends permanently.
But just as Kerida is beginning to reconcile herself to her new role, the Faraman Polity is invaded by strangers from Halia, who begin a systematic campaign of destruction against the Halls, killing every last Talent they can find.
Kerida manages to escape, falling in with Tel Cursar, a young soldier fleeing the battle, which saw the deaths of the royal family. Having no obvious heir to the throne, no new ruler to rally behind, the military leaders will be divided, unable to act quickly enough to save the empire. And with the Halls being burned to the ground, and the Talents slaughtered, the Rule of Law will be shattered.
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V. M. Escalada. (2017). Halls of Law. Astra Publishing House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)V. M. Escalada. 2017. Halls of Law. Astra Publishing House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)V. M. Escalada, Halls of Law. Astra Publishing House, 2017.
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Escalada’s weak epic fantasy debut establishes the Faraman Polity, a society managed primarily, though not exclusively, by women. The balance of power between the military and the psychic talents in charge of the law is uneasy, and this unease is embodied by Kerida Nast, a soldier who has been hiding her psychic talent. When the misogynistic Halians invade—destroying the Halls of Law, the royal family, and most of the female military leaders across the peninsula—Kerida and a few other survivors must band together with a group of hidden magicians known as Feelers in order to save their land. The intriguing setup is let down in part by inconsistent pacing. The story shifts from exploring Kerida’s self-discovery to the resistance against the Halians at dizzying speed, with a Feeler prophecy thrown in. The mix of point-of-view characters is imbalanced, and the Halians are paper-thin villains whose motivations come across as little more than blatant chauvinism, which may be off-putting to readers used to more subtle characterizations.
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