Rise of a Hero

Rise of a Hero

First edition
Author	Hilari Bell
Cover artist	Steve Stone
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Farsala trilogy
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	May 2005
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	480 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	978-0-689-85415-6 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC	54407730
LC Class	PZ7.B38894 Ris 2005
Preceded by	Fall of a Kingdom
Followed by	Forging the Sword

Rise of a Hero is the 2005 fantasy novel which comprises the second book in the Farsala Trilogy by Hilari Bell.

Plot summary[]

Legend has it that when Farsala most needs a warrior to lead it, Sorahb son of Rostam will be restored by the god Azura. That time has come. After a devastating loss to the army of the Hrum, Farsala has all but fallen. Only the walled city of Mazad and a few of the more uninhabitable regions remain free of Hrum rule, and they seem destined to fall as well. Farsala needs a champion now. Soraya risks being a slave herself to save her little brother and her mother, who are currently in the Hrum slave pens. Kavi has second thoughts about helping the Hrum and switches sides. But Jiaan and Soraya still hate Kavi for his betrayal of Farsala and are furious when the three are re-united.

Literary significance & criticism[]

A number of reviews for this second novel have praised the work:

"The tangible, if not excessively gritty, realness of the world and its conflicts denies any simple good vs. evil binary" ^[1]

"Rise of a Hero is an ambitious, tightly written and highly intelligent fantasy" ^[1]

Footnotes[]

References[]

• "Simon & schuster: Rise of a Hero". Publishers website. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
• "SFRA on Rise of a Hero". Science Fiction Writers of America. Retrieved 2007-03-06.

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