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THE TENTH POWER
Book Three in the Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy
Author: Constable, Kate
Having lost her gift of chantment, 18-year-old Calwyn returns home to Antaris to find a darkness over the land. The dying High Priestess passes on to her the secret lore of the dark magic and sends Calwyn on a mission to find the Wheel of the Tenth Power and use it to mend the sickness in the fabric of the universe. Calwyn would love to come home and hide in the world she grew up in, but it is no longer safe, and she cannot sit by and watch the world she loves die in an endless winter. At its heart, this is a story of taking responsibility, of finding strength even when you think you've lost it all. This satisfying conclusion to The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy will enthrall readers with its well-defined world, characters to cheer on, vivid prose and lessons to ponder. The two-page map helps bring the imaginary land alive, and readers will welcome this final journey with Calwyn and her companions. (Fiction. 12+)
SLJ
Gr 6 Up-In the final installment of this trilogy, Calwyn, who once had several of the nine singing magic powers (called chantments), has lost all of her extraordinary gifts. Bitterly, she returns to Antaris with hopes of recuperation, but instead finds that a number of the chanters have been affected with a deadly "snow-sickness." Entrusted by the dying high priestess with knowledge of a wheel that contains the tenth power to heal the world, Calwyn sets out with her companions to track down Samis, a wicked sorcerer whom she had believed was dead, and wrest from him the missing half of the wheel. On her perilous journey, she discovers a long-lost relative, delves deeper into the conflicted relationship with her chanter friend Darrow, and discovers new gifts that lead her reluctantly toward her destiny as the Singer of All Songs. As in the other two books, the detailed descriptions of the settings and the natures of the various chantments are

Gr 6 Up-Calwyn finds endless winter and a fatal illness spreading among her fellow priestesses as she returns home in the final installment (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2006) of Kate Constable's "The Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy." Though she has lost her magical chanting powers, the 18-year-old is soon on a quest to find the other half of an iron wheel, the key to The Tenth Power. Constable traces Calwyn's journey as she finds her beloved but ill Darrow, but they are soon parted when she is kidnapped by her old enemy, Samis. She knows the despotic sorcerer has the other half of the wheel, but she is surprised that the powerful enchanter hopes that she will unite with him to rule the world. Calwyn spoils that plot when her restored chanting powers allow her to dispatch a less-sinister Samis to roam the cosmos in a ruined city turned starship. A magic horn, sacred pools of water, and a battle with a race of ancient tree people all add to this female-focused fantasy. A ritual dance finally brings Darrow and the others back to health, as well as ending the freezing weather. Lina Patel narrates with a soft strength that emphasizes the personality of the main character. While this final episode brings Calwyn to her place as The Singer of All Songs (Arthur A. Levine, 2004), the conclusion has the young couple leaving on a new journey and Samis lurking in space, so there are potential story lines for the series to continue. A good choice for middle and high school libraries looking for novels featuring strong, but not invulnerable, female heroes.-Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill, CT Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus
THE TENTH POWER
Book Three in the Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy
Author: Constable, Kate
Having lost her gift of chantment, 18-year-old Calwyn returns home to Antaris to find a darkness over the land. The dying High Priestess passes on to her the secret lore of the dark magic and sends Calwyn on a mission to find the Wheel of the Tenth Power and use it to mend the sickness in the fabric of the universe. Calwyn would love to come home and hide in the world she grew up in, but it is no longer safe, and she cannot sit by and watch the world she loves die in an endless winter. At its heart, this is a story of taking responsibility, of finding strength even when you think you've lost it all. This satisfying conclusion to The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy will enthrall readers with its well-defined world, characters to cheer on, vivid prose and lessons to ponder. The two-page map helps bring the imaginary land alive, and readers will welcome this final journey with Calwyn and her companions. (Fiction. 12+)
SLJ
Gr 6 Up-In the final installment of this trilogy, Calwyn, who once had several of the nine singing magic powers (called chantments), has lost all of her extraordinary gifts. Bitterly, she returns to Antaris with hopes of recuperation, but instead finds that a number of the chanters have been affected with a deadly "snow-sickness." Entrusted by the dying high priestess with knowledge of a wheel that contains the tenth power to heal the world, Calwyn sets out with her companions to track down Samis, a wicked sorcerer whom she had believed was dead, and wrest from him the missing half of the wheel. On her perilous journey, she discovers a long-lost relative, delves deeper into the conflicted relationship with her chanter friend Darrow, and discovers new gifts that lead her reluctantly toward her destiny as the Singer of All Songs. As in the other two books, the detailed descriptions of the settings and the natures of the various chantments are