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WINNER OF THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD.Imagine a song with the power to heal or kill. Imagine being taught to sing such songs.Enter the Echorium, where the forces of good and evil are held in harmony by blue-haired Singers whose voices are their only weapons.On the Isle of Echoes, three young Singers are being taught to heal the sick and keep the peace in their world using five Songs of Power – Challa for healing, Kashe for laughter, Shi for pain, Aushan for punishment, and Yehn for death. When their lessons are interrupted by a Mainlander ship breaking up on the reef in an unnatural storm, talented novice Rialle, her best friend Frenn, and class rebel Kherron find themselves part of a dangerous quest to discover who is hunting the merlee half-creatures that protect the waters around the Isle.Soon the Singer party is buried deep under the mountains of the Karch, and Rialle is imprisoned in a cage by the evil Khizpriest who plans to use her voice against the Echorium. In a land where swords are more powerful than songs, the novices will need more than their voices to survive.“Roberts writes vividly and dramatically with an accomplished grasp of plotting that carries the reader along.” Rosemary Stones, Books for Keeps.“Imagine mixing a little Tamora Pierce with Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, add a dash of The Hobbit and a pinch of Narnia… and read on as a thumping good story unfolds.” Tara Stephenson, Blackwell Children’s Bookshop.“Fascinating and poetic.” Joan Aiken."One of the most realistic fantasy worlds I've read in print" - Sheelagh Wilson, Daily Telegraph. SONG QUEST is the first title in the award-winning Echorium trilogy. It is followed by CRYSTAL MASK and DARK QUETZAL. These books are best read in order of publication.

The debut title in Katherine Roberts' thrilling new fantasy trilogy, The Echorium Sequence.Welcome to a world from another time -- where legendary half-creatures still exist. A world where nature itself can be controlled by unearthly music. A world where the forces of good and evil are held in harmony by the Singers who have mastered the secret Songs of Power. A world on the brink of destruction, threatened by a dark lord whose evil knows no bounds. Rialle and Kherron, two novice Singers, are all that's left to stand in the enemy's way. Stranded in a strange land with only one another to rely on, these former rivals must work together if they are to survive. In a timeless coming-of-age journey, Rialle and Kherron discover the strength of spirit that lies within them in their quest to help good triumph over evil.

* Winner of the Branford Boase Award. * When novice singer Rialle hears the cry of the merlee, she knows her life will never be the same again. Taken from the Echorium as part of a dangerous mission to punish the hunters, she finds herself a prisoner of the Karch, where the evil Khizpriest wields black crystal that can control people's thoughts. Meanwhile, class rebel Kherron has fled the Singer Isle, and also finds himself facing the power of the Khiz. He has friends in the Karch - but when the Khizpriest tries to use Rialle's songs against the Isle, which side will Kherron choose? "Fascinating and poetic... extremely original too." Joan Aiken. This debut novel from award-winning UK author Katherine Roberts is the first part of a trilogy, followed by 'Crystal Mask' and 'Dark Quetzal'.

At the Echorium on the Isle of Echoes, where the Singers use the five Songs of Power to heal and bring laughter, fear, pain, and death, Rialle, a novice who can understand the songs of the part-human, part-fish merlee, is chosen to accompany an expedition to the mainland.At the Echorium on the Isle of Echoes, where the Singers use the five Songs of Power to heal and bring laughter, fear, pain, and death, Rialle, a novice who can understand the songs of the part-human, part-fish merlee, is chosen to accompany an expedition to the mainland