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    The Compass Rose

    By Gail Dayton

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    The legends of the Godstruck were just that—legends. Until, in an attempt to defend her people, Captain Kallista Varyl called on the One for aid and was granted abilities such as no one had seen in centuries.

    Now Kallista has been charged with a new destiny as one of the most powerful women in the land—but her power is useless if it cannot be controlled.

    Mastering her "Godstruck" abilities is the first step. The next, learning that she cannot unlock the secrets of the Compass Rose and defeat her nation's enemy alone. And finally she must stop a demon-possessed king…. The Compass Rose: Fourfold magic barely understood—or contained…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin Luna
    Release dateNov 1, 2009
    ISBN9781426848995
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    The Compass Rose
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    Gail Dayton

    Like many writers, Gail started writing about the time she could compose a logical sentence, at about nine years old. But she can't remember a time when she wasn't playing make-believe, rearranging the world into something more exciting, more fun, more the way she wished it were. With her, of course, in the centre! From re-plotting books to put herself in the action to making up stories of her own, Gail began writing them down and just kept going. She has worked a lot of jobs in her checkered career, from junior college history instructor, to newspaper editorial staff (it's not hard to be the entire editorial staff when the paper comes out once a week), to paralegal for a rural prosecutor. Aside from "Mum," and "Gigi" to the grandboys - the jobs that never end - she likes writing books the best.

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    • 4/5
      This novel was first published by Luna, a Harlequin imprint marketed toward fantasy readers that drew from both romance and fantasy writers. I generally felt most of their books were too romance aisle and not strong fantasies. The Compass Rose is actually one of the exceptions in that respect among the Luna books that I liked with some creative world-building. I thought the world Dayton created was intriguing: Adara, a matriarchal society, practices group marriage requiring at least four members. This society is magic-based--there's North, South, West and East magic. The protagonist, Kallista, is a naitan, a magical practitioner of North magic and captain in their army who can call down lightening. When it looks like she might lose a battle she calls on the Goddess--and finds herself able to destroy the invading army--but there's a catch. She's now "god marked" and tied to others so marked she must marry and with whom she can tap magic to defeat the forces arrayed against her nation: her bodyguard, with whom she's been partnered a long time, two prisoners of war, a female refugee and a foreign merchant. I'm generally not a fan actually of fiction involving polyamory--or forced marriage, and in a sense the "god mark" acts as such a device. I prefer stories that develop intimacy between just two, not only because multiples aren't appealing to me and to my mind just two in real life terms hard enough, but in fictional terms more than two major characters can become unwieldy and there's little chance to develop six. I think I liked this work involving polyamory more than most for several reasons. Unlike say LK Hamilton's Anita Blake series, I didn't feel this was some piled-on harem--each character had their own conflicts and brought something into the mix--the inclusion of foreign characters, even ones from an enemy nation, meant Kallista and the others really had to work to form themselves into a family. Together with the matriarchal culture and the magical system I thought this brought an interesting dimension to the plot. In that regard this brought to mind Marion Zimmer Bradley's Forbidden Tower with its clash of personalities and cultures within a group of people who must find a way to mesh together magically and sexually in order to survive and flourish. I also thought this novel was on the whole well-written. It's a complex plot and world and Dayton builds it well--gradually letting you in on its ins and outs through the story itself instead of wads of infodump. I think the novel's biggest fault is that I think its conflicts both internal to the group and in terms of the menace they face was resolved far too easily. The novel was a good, entertaining read--a solid work of fantasy even if not a favorite or one that has me rushing to read the next book in the trilogy.
    • 4/5
      If the fight finale took as many pages as the lead-up anticipated, then the book would be three times longer. That is to say, there was a lot of set-up and presentation, which was very intereting!, but then the big fight was over extrememly quickly, and suddenly the book's over. I loved the description of the matriarchal culture; it was extrememly well thought out, down to men having a glass ceiling in military rank, and ancient laws allowing them to be forced to marry. The interaction between the two main characters was a perfect blend of secret love, military respect, and long-time friendship. I was, however, rather confused about the magic/compass direction relationship. Certain types of magic are associated with certain compass points, but the specifics aren't fully explained, other than West, which is death. Overall, very good!
    • 4/5
      Great ideas - the different types of magic (North, South, East and West) and the ilia, a group marriage where the one is greater than the parts - and the sexuality is stimulating! On the other hand the characters are fairly ordinary and the writing is erratic - in fact the battle scenes are weak, and the book trails off rather limply at the end, but all in all a good holiday read! Well worth looking at the next book the Barbed Rose if you like this one - more of the same!
    • 4/5
      Captain Kallista Varyl is engaged in a siege and it looks like the enemy is going to win when she calls on the One for aid and her call is answered. However along with aid comes power, power she can barely contain, there's also companions for her who help her and hold the power like wells. In this country people can join in marriages that contain between 2 and eight people. All of these people are joined to her in marriage. Not only does she have to deal with the magical relationships but also the interpersonal relationships.Weak in parts but also interesting in others. This actually deals with people who have compulsions and powers that are very strong and unavoidable. It also has enough secondary plots and backbiting to keep me very interested.
    • 3/5
      (Amy) Magic and polygamy, oh my. The protagonist starts out the book alone, but ends up with four husbands and a wife. And honestly, that's the main bit of originality in the book. But it was enjoyable anyway.