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The Bird and the Sword
The Bird and the Sword Chronicles Book 1
- Narrated by: Trina Nishimura
Swallow, daughter, pull them in, the words are on your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them until they have enough time to grow. Shut your mouth to the power, don’t curse, don’t cure, for now. You will not speak and you will not speak, you will not call for heaven or hell. You will learn and you will grow. Be quiet, girl. Survive.
The day my mother was killed, she told my father that I would not speak anymore, and she told him that if I died, he would die too. She then predicted the king would sell his soul and lose his son to the sky. My father has the right to the throne, and he is quietly waiting for my mother’s words to be fulfilled. He really wanted to be king, and I just wanted to be free. But freedom will require escape, and I am a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. I cannot speak or make sounds, and I cannot use swords or deceive a king. In a land purged by enchantments, love may be the only magic left, and who can love… a bird?
From start to finish, The Bird and the Sword is the perfect fantasy novel. With his poetic writing style and strong personality development, Harmon has amazed me. This novel has a strong direction throughout. Instead of using cheap gimmicks and other overused literary devices to falsely captivate the reader, Harmon lets his unique lyrical writing style guide the story.
