With the Daring Do trilogy complete, this week begins my look at the “Princess Collection,” a tetralogy of all the alicorns but Flurry Heart, each paired with a season. We begin with Celestia; let’s see how G. M. Berrow treats the sun queen:

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"I cannot die
I am already dead
I drank of Styx, and became invulnerable
I drank of Lethe, and forgot mortality
I drank of Acheron, and learned of a way back
I drank of Phlegethon, and became as its flame
I drank of Cocytus, and found the sea
I drank deep
D E S C E N D"

from Daniel Castro

We now come to the novel I put off last week. It does present a truly rare opportunity: A chance to flesh out Cadence. We got the story of her ascension in the novels, after all. Let’s see what this one offers.

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Thank you for your patience. Philadelphia is hardly getting banished to the moon—heck, I didn’t even open Call Up Emrakul to Help during the Un-Known event—but it’s still kind of appropriate that a book starring Luna ended up getting delayed because I was out of town.

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