· Kim Fielding Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the mouth of a great bay but also to its strict laws, stringently enforced. Ordinary criminals become bond-slaves, but the worst punishment—to be suspended in a dreamless frozen state known as Stasis—is doled out by the wizard and reserved for only the most serious of traitors. This is a short but sweet fantasy yarn about an autocratic society where petty offenders are subject to bond slavery (a nearly inescapable form of indentured servitude), while the most serious criminals are placed in a state of stasis (a coma-like enchantment that can be sustained for a millennium or more)/5(52). Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the mouth of a great bay, but also to its strict laws, stringently enforced. Ordinary criminals become bond-slaves, but the Wizard places traitors in Stasis, a dreamless frozen state. Ennek is the Chief's younger son. He has grown up without much of a purpose, a man who cannot fulfill his true desires.
Can Ennek save prisoner Miner from the worst punishment—Stasis—by exploring Praesidium's deepest secrets? Read "Stasis" by Kim Fielding available from Rakuten Kobo. Ennek Trilogy: Book One Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the m. Author Kim Fielding aims straight for the heartstrings in Stasis, book one in the Ennek Trilogy, and she scores a direct hit. The series' namesake, Ennek, is the spare son of the ruling Chief of Praesidium, a polis in an alternate universe to which the author's given both an archaic and modern feel.
Stasis; Ennek Trilogy, Book 1; By: Kim Fielding; Narrated by: Robert Sciglimpaglia; Series: Ennek Trilogy, Book 1 Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins. Kim Fielding is very pleased every time someone calls her eclectic. Her books have won Rainbow Awards and span a variety of genres. She has migrated back and forth across the western two-thirds of the United States and currently lives in California, where she long ago ran out of bookshelf space. Extricating himself and the man he wants to rescue from the tangled web of intrigue around him proves to be Ennek’s biggest challenge. “Stasis” is a curiously pleasant tale. The curious part comes from the way the story line defies easy description or pigeon holing.
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