In mastiff, a cabal of mages, nobles, and slave traders kidnaps fouryearold prince gareth. Beka cooper is a rookie with the lawenforcing provosts guard, commonly known as the provosts dogs, in corus, the capital city of tortall. The legend of beka cooper gives tamora pierces fans exactly what they wanta smart and savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of. A tortall legend this is the third book in the beka cooper trilogy, and beka is a fullfledged dog now, but it hasnt made her job with the lawenforcing provosts guard any easier. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read mastiff. Amid all the darkness, though, there is humor and even romance. The actual diary is said to be written in a mixture of dog code and bekas personal code.
After four years in the lord provosts royal guard, otherwise known as the dogs, working in the slums of the capital city, beka cooper thinks she has seen it all. Mastiff ebook king county library system bibliocommons. Here, pierce gives fans exactly what they wanta smart, savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of tortalls lower citywhile offering plenty to appeal to new readers as well. The dogs discover that gamblers are bringing the counterfeit money from port caynn. Beka cooper is finally a dog a fullfledged member of the provosts guard, dedicated to keeping peace in coruss streets.
This is the third book in the beka cooper trilogy, and beka is a fullfledged dog now, but it hasnt made her job with the lawenforcing provosts guard any easier. The novel, as with all the beka cooper books, is written in first person diary form. Finally when bloodhound came out a mutual lover of pierce convinced me to give it a chance and i am glad to say i did. The beka cooper trilogy introduces an amazing young woman who is the ancestor to one of tamora pierces most popular characters. Sometimes a distraction arrives at just the right time. In the final book in the beka cooper trilogy, beka uses her unique magic and street smarts to crack the case that will change an empire. To the surprise of both the veteran dogs and her fellow puppies, beka requests duty in the lower city. The focus is on beka cooper who has wanted to be a dog since she was eight years old.
The more secret the hunt, the more dangerous the mission. On this hunt, shell need all her resources, from her bareknuckled fighting skills to. George is the rouge of tortall during tamora pierces lioness quartet and some other books set in tortall. The series is a prequel to pierces first quartet, the song of the lioness, and is set in the fictional kingdom of tortall two hundred years earlier.
Mastiff ebook by tamora pierce 9780375893285 rakuten kobo. First in the beka cooper fantasy series and revolving around an ancestress of george cooper s from the song of the lioness series within the overall tortall series. Beka coopers journals describe her training, promotion, and success as a policewoman dog in tortall. Mastiff greenville county library system overdrive. Mastiff a new york times bestseller from the fantasy author who is legend herself. The plot was predictable, slow, and there was a bit of unnecessary things added in. Well, less mourning than regretting, really turns out she had been planning to break up with him, and.
Mastiff is book three of the legend of beka cooper by tamora pierce. The battles, and there are many, are intense not only for the swordfighting, but for the magic, which often gets vicious and cruel. Mastiff is the third novel in tamora pierces provosts dog trilogy, about a young provost guardwoman in a fantasy kingdom called tortall. The beka cooper trilogy introduces an amazing young woman who is the ancestor of one of tamora pierces most popular characters. Three years have passed since beka cooper almost died i. Mastiff picks up approximately three years after the events of bloodhound.
Oct 25, 2011 a new york times bestseller from the fantasy author who is legend herself. A new york times bestseller from the fantasy author who is legend herself. The provosts dog trilogy is a series of young adult fantasy novels by bestselling author tamora pierce. Beka truly has come into her own by the end of the trilogy. Beka cooper s journals describe her training, promotion, and success as a policewoman dog in tortall. Then lord gershom rouses her in the middle of the night, assigning her with her scent hound, achoo, and her partner, tunstall, to the most secret and dire of cases. Counterfeit coins are turning up in shops all over the city, and merchants are raising prices to cover their losses. The legend of beka cooper gives tamora pierces fans exactly what they wanta smart and savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of tortal, isbn 9780375814709 buy the mastiff ebook. In the final book in the beka cooper trilogy, beka uses her unique magic and street smarts to crack the case that will change an empire the more secret the hunt, the more dangerous the mission. Beka cooper is a fourthyear dog, the tortall word for cop, operating in a world in which mages are commonplace and palaces are protected by layers of powerful spells. Buy a discounted paperback of mastiff online from australias leading online bookstore.