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Ace Trade (2000), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 245 pages
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As the scholar and scribe of Tornor, Kerris has been in training for the past seventeen years. But it's not until his brother Kel of the Cheari culture teaches him the psychic art of patterning that the city of Elath comes under attack and Kerris must draw on these new talents to fight the dangers of psychic warfare. It is in these battles that he learns what a warrior's life is like and discovers what wasn't taught to him in his studies, perhaps the most important element of all: love.
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LibraryThing member KarenIrelandPhillips
The middle book of the Tornor trilogy, The Dancers of Arum tells the story of Kerris. Kerris was mutilated as a child, but has made a place as his uncle's ward. He is elated, though, to meet the last member of his immediate family, his brother Kel. Kel is the leader of a cheari, a band of dancers,
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and Kerris follows them to a special valley school where Kerris learns that his differences, talents and abilities make him special, not damaged. Show Less
LibraryThing member AltheaAnn
Time has passed since the events of 'Watchtower', and Van's groups of dance performers/martial artists, known as chearis, have spread throughout the nation of Arun, becoming respected as bringers of peace and balance, although already their inception and history are passing into legend, details
Kerris, a young man crippled as a child in a violent raid, is suddenly picked up by the older cheari brother that he never knew, but whom he has always had a confusing and intimate mental bond with. Brought from the only house he can remember into a group that has many mental talents, he realizes that he may have more options than just that of being a scribe. He is trying to figure out what to do, both about his future and his feelings for his brother, when the chearis' village is overrrun by raiders of the same ethnicity as those that crippled him years ago. However, these are outlaws, exiled for the same mental gifts that the chearis share.
This book does a good job of portraying the classic 'talents' such as telekinesis, telepathy, etc, in a believable way, and in portraying a society without taboos which are deeply ingrained in ours in an interesting, non-condemning way.
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forgotten.Kerris, a young man crippled as a child in a violent raid, is suddenly picked up by the older cheari brother that he never knew, but whom he has always had a confusing and intimate mental bond with. Brought from the only house he can remember into a group that has many mental talents, he realizes that he may have more options than just that of being a scribe. He is trying to figure out what to do, both about his future and his feelings for his brother, when the chearis' village is overrrun by raiders of the same ethnicity as those that crippled him years ago. However, these are outlaws, exiled for the same mental gifts that the chearis share.
This book does a good job of portraying the classic 'talents' such as telekinesis, telepathy, etc, in a believable way, and in portraying a society without taboos which are deeply ingrained in ours in an interesting, non-condemning way.
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Awards
World Fantasy Award (Nominee — Novel — 1980)
Original publication date
1979
Physical description
245 p.; 8.8 inches
ISBN
0441006876 / 9780441006878