Wrath of the storm

Title:

Wrath of the storm

Author:

Nielsen, Jennifer A.

ISBN:

9780545562072

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

Mark of the thief ; book 3

Mark of the thief ; bk. 3.

Summary:

Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.

Genre:

Action and adventure fiction.

Subject:

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Amulets -- Juvenile fiction.

Slaves -- Rome -- Juvenile fiction.

Dragons -- Juvenile fiction.

Rome -- Antiquities -- Juvenile fiction.

Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Juvenile Fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

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NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen delivers the action-packed conclusion to her magical Mark of the Thief trilogy!Trouble has a way of seeking out Nicolas Calva, and it's not likely to leave him alone any time soon. With Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and the possibility of a Jupiter Stone in play, all the powers of Rome are circling Nic. He'll have to maneuver his way through scheming government officials and reawakened magical beasts to save the Empire. Can he manage to keep his friends and family safe, claim his own freedom once and for all, and rescue the Empire -- before the magic gets the better of him?With twists and turns on every page, critically acclaimed author Jennifer Nielsen weaves an epic, action-packed conclusion to her extraordinary Mark of the Thief trilogy.

Author Notes

Jennifer A. Nielsen was born in Utah. Her first book, Elliot and the Goblin War, was published in 2010. She is the author of The Underworld Chronicles, The Ascendance Trilogy, and the Praetor War series. She also wrote the sixth book of the Infinity Ring series, Behind Enemy Lines.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

Roman slave turned rebellious magician Nic (Mark of the Thief; Rise of the Wolf) faces Brutus, an earthly agent of the goddess Diana, for control of Nic's magic amulets and the empire itself. Saving one may mean sacrificing the other. Although the well-evoked ancient Rome setting is a positive, the writing sometimes descends into gimmicky action-movie tropes in this trilogy finale. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Excerpts

I was still trapped, and I doubted the bulla could get thousands of pounds of rock and brick off me. But I knew something that could do it. Magic can always sense other magic in the area, and I used that power to search for the Malice nearby. The bulla had originally been given to Julius Caesar, filled with Venus's powers. Upon his death, Venus's power left the bulla, and Diana replaced the magic with her own, hoping it would be used in her war against the gods. The fact that I had the bulla and was using it to stop that war probably infuriated her.As a rule, having a god furious with you is not a good thing. How well I understood that.Nor did it help that I had the Malice . . . more or less. The Malice came from the god Mars with the power to end that war. To end any war, really. Use of the Malice guaranteed its bearer victory in battle.If Diana resented my having the bulla, I could only imagine how she felt about the Malice. But she had no claim upon that amulet. I did. The key to finding it had been given to me. She'd have to destroy me to get it back.What a pleasant way to begin a day - with the reminder that one of the gods had specifically targeted me for destruction. Excerpted from Wrath of the Storm by Jennifer A. Nielsen All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.