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Amanda Hocking, the New York Times bestselling author of The Kanin Chronicles, returns to the magical world of the Trylle Trilogy with The Lost City , the first novel in The Omte Origins--and the final story arc in her beloved series.
The storm and the orphan
Twenty years ago, a woman sought safety from the spinning ice and darkness that descended upon a small village. She was given shelter for the night by the local innkeepers but in the morning, she disappeared--leaving behind an infant. Now nineteen, Ulla Tulin is ready to find who abandoned her as a baby or why.
The institution and the quest
Ulla knows the answers to her identity and heritage may be found at the Mimirin where scholars dedicate themselves to chronicling troll history. Granted an internship translating old documents, Ulla starts researching her own family lineage with help from her handsome and charming colleague Pan Soriano.
The runaway and the mystery
But then Ulla meets Eliana, a young girl who no memory of who she is but who possesses otherworldly abilities. When Eliana is pursued and captured by bounty hunters, Ulla and Pan find themselves wrapped up in a dangerous game where folklore and myth become very real and very deadly--but one that could lead Ulla to the answers she's been looking for.
Author Notes
Amanda Hocking was born on July 12, 1984. She is an author who garnered a following by self-publishing many of her young adult novels. Her works include Virtue, the My Blood Approves series, the Trylle Trilogy, the Hollows series, and the Watersong series. Her title Frostfire made The New York Times Best Seller List.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7--10--Hocking's fast, engaging fantasy will draw in new and seasoned fans of the genre. Ulla Tulin lives among the trolls she was left with when she was a baby. As Ulla grows up, she leaves Kanin for Forening to nanny and live with a family of six. Her employer's connection to the royal family grants her an internship at the Mimirin, a prestigious institution for trolls of mixed blood. It's there that she hopes to find information about her mother. She meets Pan Soriano, who attempts to help Ulla discover her family lineage. They both have their hands full when they meet Eliana, a girl who remembers nothing but seems to be running from something. In both plotting and characterization, Hocking keeps the surprises coming. Hanna, a whiny teenage girl, is so real she may remind readers of their own bratty younger sibling. There is extensive detailing of troll life, with information about different tribes and terminology. A cliffhanger will keep readers guessing. VERDICT Hocking leaves readers eager to know more. Read-alikes include the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and Maggie Stiefvater. A recommended purchase for school libraries as well; there is no sex or drugs.--Amy Lukich, Tinley Park P.L., IL
Kirkus Review
Growing up ignorant of her true parentage, a troll makes it her mission to discover her origins. Ulla Tulin was abandoned as a baby, left behind by Orra, an Omte troll warrior. Growing up in Iskyla, a frigid village in central Canada, surrounded by Inuit villagers and brown-skinned, good-looking Kanin trolls, tall, pale, sturdily built Ulla stood out. As a teen she ends up in Förening, Minnesota, the Trylle tribe's capital, where she finds work as a nanny. Though she loves her employers, she yearns for more. An internship in the Mimirin, the troll world's research and history center in the city of Merellä, means she can research Orra. Immediately, there are hiccups, however: 12-year-old Hanna, one of the children she nannied, stows away, and a runaway with rainbow-colored hair crash-lands on her Jeep. Flirtation blooms between Ulla and fellow researcher Pan as well as with a mysterious stranger she keeps running into. Information about Orra is redacted, and higher-ups in the Mimirin discourage her from digging deeper; the more Ulla learns, the more the mystery expands. Though the world and its lore are impressively expansive, the weight of detailing them often causes Ulla's journey to drag. A side character's mysterious past offers more tension than Ulla's, heralding a much needed but ultimately flat flash of action at the climax. Pan is part Kanin troll and part Inuit. Deep worldbuilding offering little magic to keep the pages turning. (tribal facts, glossary) (Fantasy. 16-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
