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The Call of the Rift

Crest

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Step through the portal into a world ravaged by chaotic spirits and corrupted magic in the third book of The Call of the Rift high fantasy series.

Kateiko Rin lives a quiet life with her parents and her people in the coastal rainforest. Everything changes when her estranged uncle washes up on their shores, harried and half-dead, trailed by two blue-eyed children no one knew existed. To protect her family, Kateiko secrets away her young cousins. Caring for them includes hiding their ties to the Rúonbattai, a warlike cult trying to claim the land for themselves along with as many lives as they can. With the immigrant mage Tiernan and his companions Jorumgard and Nerio, Kateiko enters into the fray, facing strange, dangerous magic that unwinds the fabric of time. She must end the war before it tears the land, and her family, apart.

In the third book in The Call of the Rift series, Jae Waller invites us into another dimension and introduces an alternate version of her captivating heroine in a world full of familiar and unknown faces, including many we thought long dead.

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    • Kirkus

      March 1, 2021
      Waller's rebellious heroine, Kateiko of the Rin-jouyen, comes of age again but this time in another dimension. Kateiko is a young antayul--water-caller--who has not yet attuned, or transformed into an animal, for the first time. Despite her leaders' warnings, Kateiko and her friends travel downriver for fun and encounter another canoe struggling to keep up with the rushing waters. Its riders turn out to be Yotolein, Kateiko's estranged uncle, and his two half-itheran children, who fled when Eremur soldiers raided their village. Yotolein's ties to the R�onbattai, a violent militia determined to claim Eremur for themselves, endanger Kateiko's tribe, so she leaves home with her cousins. The arduous journey leads her to fire mage mercenary Tiernan and his companions, who are hunting down the R�onbattai. Together they begin to unveil strange magic that offers sight into parallel worlds and can dangerously affect time. As before, Kateiko is exceptionally brave as she navigates her teenage years in a war-torn world. During this sometimes-exhausting story, she attunes, learns to live among itherans, becomes a mother figure to her young cousins, and experiences first love and loss. Will this Kateiko ever come face to face with the first version? How many more worlds will be explored? There is no ending in sight, but it seems it will be worth the wait. Indigenous peoples are generally brown-skinned and itherans are White. The story includes queer characters. Another captivating entry in an expansive series. (maps, glossary, timeline) (Fantasy. 15-adult)

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  • Lexile® Measure:710
  • Text Difficulty:3

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