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The Priest by Kristina Kamaeva is the third and final instalment of the Mireya trilogy. In book one, on Sundar, Princess Mireya secretly attends the spring festival and meets Yunier. After her father’s murder, they flee to Kror, and Mireya discovers her magic, training to use it to reclaim her kingdom. In book two, Mireya’s confrontation with the usurper king is blocked by Yaron, a shapeshifting hunter. Fleeing, she reunites with margars and shampins and survives the Agnimers’ attack with Sollo’s help. She discovers Damarh’s dark books and sails with Olvik toward Sundar to confront her enemies. Now, Sarcaz urges the Sundarians to follow Damarh, who demands human sacrifices. Mireya works to stop their attacks on the shankars while deciding whom to trust and how far to go against her enemies.
In The Priest by Kristina Kamaeva, Mireya and Yunier move through a world reshaped by new faith and extraordinary landscapes, from the disorienting Realm of Shadows to Gliberg’s scorched ruins, and the narrow, shadowed aisles of Kinnar’s crypts. There is an eerie realism to Sarcaz’s huge promises, and Kamaeva does an excellent job of showing belief taking hold through the raising of a temple, detailed depictions of workers lifting stone, visitors drawn to ceremonies, and onlookers testing their interest. On the other side of this are the ones we root for, and Mireya’s steady instincts and Yunier’s quiet vigilance give the story its human anchor. As with her previous novels, Kamaeva offers a story that is intense, imaginative, and grounded in the decisions that ultimately shape the finale in the best possible way.
