Obernewtyn: Choose a passage from a fantasy novel you’ve read which you admire and explain why it is so effective.

Obernewtyn
By Isobelle Carmody

“It was a dark and violent age, though the Land flourished and even began to cautiously to extend its boundaries as the effects of the Great White began at last to wane. New towns were established, all ruled by the iron hand of the Council. So great was the death toll under the Council rule that hundreds of children were left orphaned each year. The Council responded by setting up a network of orphan homes to house those unclaimed by blood relatives.

The community regarded the inmates of orphan homes with an abiding suspicion, most were children of Misfits or Seditioners and as such dangerous…”


This paragraph from the fantasy novel, Obernewtyn, by Isobelle Carmody, does...