HIGH ADVENTURE ON THE SWORD EDGE OF DESTINY
A Cavern of Black Ice is the first book in J.V. Jones's Sword of Shadow series
As a newborn Ash March was abandoned--left for dead at the foot of a frozen mountain. Found and raised by the Penthero Iss, the mighty Surlord of Spire Vanis, she has always known she is different. Terrible dreams plague her and sometimes in the darkness she hears dread voices from another world. Iss watches her as she grows to womanhood, eager to discover what powers his ward might possess. As his interest quickens, he sends his living blade, Marafice Eye, to guard her night and day.
Raif Sevrance, a young man of Clan Blackhail, also knows he is different, with uncanny abilities that distance him from the clan. But when he and his brother survive an ambush that plunges the entire Northern Territories into war, he yet seeks justice for his own . . . even if means he must forsake clan and kin.
Ash and Raif must learn to master their powers and accept their joint fate if they are to defeat an ancient prophecy and prevent the release of the pure evil known as the End Lords.
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Young clansman Raif has a touch of "old blood" magic that guides his arrows to the heart. Bad times come when a hunting party that includes his father and clan chief is wiped out by supernaturally aided attack: Raif's open suspicion of the brutal new leader eventually drives him into exile. Meanwhile Iss, overlord of Spire Vanis city, keeps a chained sorcerer whose powers he channels by revolting means and has unexplained but horrifying plans for his "foster daughter" Ash--herself an unwilling focus of dreaded forces.
Raif and Ash find themselves fleeing together through wintry, hostile clanlands, pursued by Iss's vilest henchmen, seeking the dubious goal of the Cavern of Black Ice. What lifts this far above routine quest fantasy is Jones' deft characterisation, relentless intensity and unsparing depiction of pain and slow-healing injury. She has a flair for memorably horrid images. Here a sorcerer gloats over one of his nastier tricks: "A man could not fight when his corneas were snapped from his eyes like badges from a chest."
This hefty volume has over 800 pages but the narrative grips hard once it's gained momentum, and the pages turn increasingly fast. Book two, A Fortress of Grey Ice is coming soon. --David Langford
Peopled with great characters. . . guaranteed to send chills through the bones. "Dallas Morning News on A Cavern of Black Ice"
Fabulous . . . a trilogy which is sure to take readers everywhere by storm. "SFX on A Cavern of Black Ice"
J.V.Jones strings out the suspense right up until the very last word. "Des Moines Sunday Register on A Cavern of Black Ice"
Tough, incisive, character-driven fantasy. "Locus on A Cavern of Black Ice"
A complex tale of sorcery and swordsmanship, intrigue and affairs of the heart. "Library Journal on A Fortress of Grey Ice"
A superb novel, sculpted from colorful vocabulary and fantastic clarity [by] a brilliant storyteller sure to continue her dazzling career....Read it, or regret it later...a triumph. "SFX on The Barbed Coil"
Wonderful . . . J. V. Jones is a striking writer. "Robert Jordan on The Baker's Boy"
J.V. Jones is quite a find . . . . A deliciously intricate tale. "Katherine Kurtz, author of the Deryni series, on The Baker's Boy"
One of fantasy fiction's newest sensations . . . Jones became a bestselling novelist in only two years . . . [she] invests her tale with characters as rich as oven-baked bread, and with a sense of humor drawn from the pubs in her homeland, England. "Des Moines Sunday Register on Master and Fool""
Peopled with great characters. . . guaranteed to send chills through the bones. Dallas Morning News on A Cavern of Black Ice
Fabulous . . . a trilogy which is sure to take readers everywhere by storm. SFX on A Cavern of Black Ice
J.V.Jones strings out the suspense right up until the very last word. Des Moines Sunday Register on A Cavern of Black Ice
Tough, incisive, character-driven fantasy. Locus on A Cavern of Black Ice
A complex tale of sorcery and swordsmanship, intrigue and affairs of the heart. Library Journal on A Fortress of Grey Ice
A superb novel, sculpted from colorful vocabulary and fantastic clarity [by] a brilliant storyteller sure to continue her dazzling career....Read it, or regret it later...a triumph. SFX on The Barbed Coil
Wonderful . . . J. V. Jones is a striking writer. Robert Jordan on The Baker's Boy
J.V. Jones is quite a find . . . . A deliciously intricate tale. Katherine Kurtz, author of the Deryni series, on The Baker's Boy
One of fantasy fiction's newest sensations . . . Jones became a bestselling novelist in only two years . . . [she] invests her tale with characters as rich as oven-baked bread, and with a sense of humor drawn from the pubs in her homeland, England. Des Moines Sunday Register on Master and Fool
""Peopled with great characters. . . guaranteed to send chills through the bones." --Dallas Morning News on A Cavern of Black Ice
"Fabulous . . . a trilogy which is sure to take readers everywhere by storm." --SFX on A Cavern of Black Ice
"J.V.Jones strings out the suspense right up until the very last word." --Des Moines Sunday Register on A Cavern of Black Ice
"Tough, incisive, character-driven fantasy." --Locus on A Cavern of Black Ice
"A complex tale of sorcery and swordsmanship, intrigue and affairs of the heart." --Library Journal on A Fortress of Grey Ice
"A superb novel, sculpted from colorful vocabulary and fantastic clarity [by] a brilliant storyteller sure to continue her dazzling career....Read it, or regret it later...a triumph." --SFX on The Barbed Coil
"Wonderful . . . J. V. Jones is a striking writer." --Robert Jordan on The Baker's Boy
"J.V. Jones is quite a find . . . . A deliciously intricate tale." --Katherine Kurtz, author of the Deryni series, on The Baker's Boy
"One of fantasy fiction's newest sensations . . . Jones became a bestselling novelist in only two years . . . [she] invests her tale with characters as rich as oven-baked bread, and with a sense of humor drawn from the pubs in her homeland, England." --Des Moines Sunday Register on Master and Fool
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