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Book Review By Esther Punselie
Golden Trillium by Andre Norton

Kadya is one of the triplet princesses of Ruwenda.
Together they fought and destroyed the vile magician Orogastus.

In this book, Kadya travels through the marshes to the city of Disappeared Creatures, where she wants to put back her three-eyed sword in the place where she found it.
It is not accepted. She meets the Hassitti, small, intelligent creatures who are the keepers of the city.

They have dreamers, and now they talk of a danger coming from the mountains. This turns out to be a plague coming from a sick magician, one of the old creatures who has gone bad. He heals himself and comes back to ruwenda.

With her sword and three companions, kadya sets of to destroy him.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 %

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - can cast many different spells

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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