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“The publisher sank shortly after the book’s release, making it something of a collector’s item…”
Havenstar is once again available, now as an ebook!
Author’s note:
Havenstar was my first published book, and is the only book of mine written under my married name of Glenda Noramly. The story has not changed one iota in the intervening years, but this ebook edition has been re-edited to reflect all I have learned about being a better writer. The artwork for the map was done for me by Perdita Phillips.
I have followed UK/Australian spelling and punctuation conventions, so you will find humour rather than humor, ploughs rather than plows, and dishevelled travellers instead of disheveled travelers… Forgive me, I’m an Australian.
Synopsis
The Eight Stabilities are islands of order surrounded by lethal chaos—and the order is being swallowed by the unstable. The religious leaders of Chantry try to maintain the Stabilities by ordering the necessity of a once in a lifetime pilgrimage across the chaos. And in that ever-changing world, the most important person is a mapmaker who can make a chart of secure pilgrimage routes…
Keris Kaylen is a mapmaker’s daughter. When her father is murdered and a mountain disappears, Keris is betrayed by her brother. Forced to flee into the Unstable, she finds her safety is in the hands of a man bonded to the Lord Carasma, the Unmaker…and her ordered life is turned upside-down. Her survival will depend on a map and a place called Havenstar—but she can’t reproduce the map, and Havenstar may not even exist…
Maps
The map that appears in the book was created by Australian artist Perdita Phillips.
Reviews
Havenstar is an original, engrossing page-turner of a fantasy. You want strnge and powerful magic, world changing heroism, and courage in unlikely places—it’s here. Noramly’s protagonists are likeable and conflicted (always an engaging combination) and have an agreeably (for the reader that is) tough time before they can reach their happy ending. Noramly doesn’t flinch from portraying the risks involved in following your dreams, but she also warmly emphasizes the rewards. Terrific stuff—this author is one to watch. Starburst rating: 10/10
This is an exciting, fast-moving page-turner that draws you in from page one and holds your attention until the final full-stop. Noramly has created a cast of characters that you genuinely care about and a world that has scope for a lot more novels. Not only are we taken on a bloody, sweaty journey across the Unstable, but we are drawn into an unlikely love story that appears doomed from the start… If you are looking for something new and a bit different, you could do a lot worse than this, one of the best books I have read this year.
An outstanding example of good fantasy…
What sets this book apart from so many others is the smooth flow and development of the plot, the richness of the characters and the believability of the twists as the plot unfolds.
Other editions
Format: Limited hardback
Published: Ticonderoga Publications, July 2013
ISBN: 9780753503904 (0753503905)
(Russian edition)
Published: Bek Dpakoha
Title translates to "Star of Hope"
ISBN: 9783453178939 (3453178939)
Dear Glenda Lark,
somewhere on this Webpage you wrote (I have no idea where, so I post my comment here), that you really regret that you fullfilled the request of your editor and wrote the last chapter of havenstar. Somehow this comment really bothers me and I want to tell you that I love this last chapter very much (I read the german version, as I am from austria) as it fullfills my own wish to happy endings and it gave me some insight about the life after the adventure. Without this last chapter I wouldn’t like this book so much! So don’t regret!
Yours,
a faithful reader, who is still waiting for a sequel to havenstar!
Hi Faithful Reader, Thank you so much for writing this. I though at the time that it was all just a bit too neat, although I wasn’t intending to alter what happened — I just wanted to leave it more up to the reader to guess.
By the way, I lived over 6 very happy years in Austria!
Hi Glenda I very much enjoyed Havenstar and have always thought there was a sequel waiting to be written! In fact I haven’t come across any of the other books you fave written, possibly because I live in theUK! I will certainly try to get hold of copies, now I know you have written more!!