Song of the Arkafina
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Song of the Arkafina is a four volume work of fantasy by English
author Suzanne Francis
. The books were published in Ebook format in 2007-2008 by Mushroom Publishing and later in paperback
by Bladud Books.
Song of the Arkafina comprises the following four books:
Volume One--Heart of Hythea
Volume Two--Ketha's Daughter
Volume Three--Dawnmaid
Volume Four--Beyond the Gyre
system devised by the author. The characters in Heart of Hythea use the Luckcast, a deck of 60 cards divided into three estates. In Ketha's Daughter, the sea-faring race called the Fynara call on the Linnun, a series of stones with images of water in its differing forms. The Firaithi, a traveling people, use the octahedral
Triske Stones to practice lithomancy
in Dawnmaid. In Beyond the Gyre, the Angellus, also known as the Irais, use tokens representing the leaves
of different species of trees
. These are called The Folium.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
author Suzanne Francis
Suzanne Francis
Suzanne Francis is an English science fiction and fantasy author. She was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and now lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She has been married twice and has four children....
. The books were published in Ebook format in 2007-2008 by Mushroom Publishing and later in paperback
Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
by Bladud Books.
Description
The books tell the life story of Katrione Estelle du Chesne. Heart of Hythea begins with her childhood and career as an apprentice healer of the Unity of Lalluna. The books are set in an imaginary sphere called Yrth that is ruled by a race of immortals called the Amaranthine. Katrione, her daughter Gwenn Faircrow, and granddaughter Myriadne Svalbarad play key roles, in the battle between the Amaranthine and their enemies, the Dark Angellus, which continues through all four books.Song of the Arkafina comprises the following four books:
Volume One--Heart of Hythea
Volume Two--Ketha's Daughter
Volume Three--Dawnmaid
Volume Four--Beyond the Gyre
The Divinatory Systems
Each book in Song of the Arkafina features one of four imaginary fortune-tellingFortune-telling
Fortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination...
system devised by the author. The characters in Heart of Hythea use the Luckcast, a deck of 60 cards divided into three estates. In Ketha's Daughter, the sea-faring race called the Fynara call on the Linnun, a series of stones with images of water in its differing forms. The Firaithi, a traveling people, use the octahedral
Octahedron
In geometry, an octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces. A regular octahedron is a Platonic solid composed of eight equilateral triangles, four of which meet at each vertex....
Triske Stones to practice lithomancy
Lithomancy
Lithomancy is a form of divination by which the future is told using stones or the reflected light from said stones. The practice is most popular in the British Isles.-History:...
in Dawnmaid. In Beyond the Gyre, the Angellus, also known as the Irais, use tokens representing the leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
of different species of trees
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
. These are called The Folium.