This episode’s unearthings: Kushiel’s Dart and Howl’s Moving Castle Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey This book is the first of the Kushiel’s Legacy series (currently 5 books with the sixth coming soon). These books are pure magic. It has a little something for everyone. For the fan of intrigue and plot, there is enough political scheming, layering and betrayal here to be worthy of a comparison with George R.R. Martin. For the fantasy obsessed, Ms. Carey’s re-imagining of Europe and religion is flawless and utterly believable. For those craving action and adventure, there are bloody battles and escape episodes that leave you breathless. And for the romantic–there is sex, there is angst, and there is love. Phedre no Delaunay is a child born beautiful as any D’Angelline…but for a single scarlet mote in her eye. Because of this small flaw, Phedre is denied a position as an adept in the Court of Night Blooming Flowers (the collective houses of honored courtesans), but can make her marque (paying her debt) through other work. Sold by her mother to one of the houses of the Night Court, Phedre is discovered for what she really is–the mote in her eye is not a […]