Wren's War

Wren's War

infobox Book |
name = Wren's War


image_caption = 2004 Firebird paperback-edition cover
author = Sherwood Smith
country = USA
language = English
series = Wren series
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Jane Yolen Books (1995) Firebird (2004)
release_date = March 1995, May 2004
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 210 pp (first edition, hardback) 224 pp (Firebird edition, paperback)
isbn = ISBN 978-0152009779 (first edition, hardback) ISBN 978-0142401620 (Firebird 2004 edition, paperback)
preceded_by = Wren's Quest
followed_by = Wren Journeymage

As of March 2007, Wren's War remains the final Wren book (all of which are set in the east-of-the-Great-Desert region of that world). The sequel to Wren's War, tentatively titled "Wren Journeymage", remains less than forthcoming. [ [https://www.sff.net/people/sherwood/youngadult.html Official Sherwood Smith Site: Young Adults ] ]

If, as it appears, the art for all three books' Firebird edition was done by the same person, then the cover art for Wren's War is by Victor Lee. The dimensions of the Firebird paperback are 6.9 × 4.2 × 0.7 inches. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0142401625/ Amazon.com: Wren's War (Wren Books): Books: Sherwood Smith ] ]

Plot summary

Andreus finally begins the military maneuvers against Mildrith which had been feared in Wren to the Rescue. Lirwani agents launch a covert strike to abduct Tess and assassinate the King and Queen. These events take place while Wren is on vacation in Alat Los. As part of the plot, Tess is drugged via a drink presented to her by one of the agents posing as a stable workerFact|date=March 2007, but the effect does not take full hold until she is in a hidden staircase in the palace, and is rescued by her most loyal servant after reviving in time to witness her parents' murder.After being evacuated to a building in the hills, Tess raises the alarm to Wren, Tyron, and Conor using the summons rings which they began using after the events of "Wren to the Rescue".

Capitalizing on the disarray inflicted by the toppling of royal order, Andreus moves the full force of his army into Mildrith, over 1 million troopsFact|date=November 2007 in all.Tess organizes all support she can in order to mount raids against the Lirwani occupation forces, which were not yet evenly spread throughout Mildrith's lands.Wren and Tyron, having been successfully recalled earlier, are sent to seek the aid of Hawk Rhiscarlan, who is known to have now set himself up in some form of power at the ruins of his ancestral home, directly south of Senna Lirwan.

Trivia

*It becomes noticeable that events cause Wren to transform into a different animal in each of the three books. (A dog in Wren to the Rescue, a merfolk in Wren's Quest, and a bird in Wren's War.) The only cover art which has not (in any edition) represented this is found on all editions of "Wren to the Rescue".

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