Lord Of Snow And Shadows - Brossura

Ash, Sarah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857500228 ISBN 13: 9780857500229

Casa editrice: Bantam, 2010

Riassunto

Three kingdoms. One man.
A destiny written in blood.
An epic new fantasy series begins . . .

Seemingly always the outsider, Gavril Andar - an impoverished young painter - yearns to join the privileged circles of Muscobar polite society. However, unbeknownst to him, he does have royal blood in his veins: the dark and powerful blood of a father he never knew - the Drakhaon, ruler of the isolated northern kingdom of Azhkendir. And when the Drakhaon is brutally murdered, an unwilling Gavril is forced to take up the mantle of both his father's rule - and his power. For blood will out. And the Drakhaon's carries within it a taint that gives its bearer access to awesome, unimagined magics - but at a soul-shattering price.

Now trapped in this bleak, mist-shrouded land full of superstition and racked by bitter rivalries, Gavril faces an awesome task. He must find his father's killer and unite his fractured kingdom against those who see it as weak, defenceless and ripe for invasion before he pays the price of kinship and succumbs to the dread curse that uncoils within him . . .

Richly imagined, full of intrigue, magic and dark romance and boasting a cast of superbly-drawn players, LORD OF SNOW AND SHADOWS is the first book in a thrilling new trilogy and marks the triumphant return of one of fantasy's most original and exciting voices.

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Recensione:

"'Overflowing with page-turning surprises and plot twists...a promising start to a clearly ambitious series'" (SFX)

"'Ash does it in style...she has given us a superb interweaving of character and context, seamless enough to carry us past the threshold of disbelief into a world both magical and firmly, unwaveringly human'" (Tom Holt)

Descrizione del libro:

A dazzlingly original British fantasy voice returns to the field with the first thrilling volume in a new trilogy . . .

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• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0857500228
• ISBN 13: 9780857500229
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 704