Even beings out of myth, the Danae guardians, whose dancing nurtures the earth and whose attention could prove the most costly of all.Īs Navronne sinks deeper into civil war and perilous winter, Valen finds himself a bargaining chip in a deadly standoff. And the Pureblood Registry, determined to keep every pureblood sorcerer in thrall.
The Bast*ard Prince Osriel, who steals dead men’s eyes. There is the fanatical Harrower priestess, Sila Diaglou, who wants to raze the kingdom. Tangled in bonds of love, family, memory, and guilt, Gerick sets out to unravel the mysteries of ancient kings, ancient evil, and the dreadful truth of his own destiny.Įveryone in Navronne seems to be after Valen. But when tragic family business takes Gerick back to his father’s world, he is asked to investigate a woman from the desert the charismatic D Sanya, D Arnath s own daughter so she claims, held captive for a thousand years.
And in his own realm of the Bounded, he can forget the past and refuse the unsavory temptations of sorcery. Five years after the end of the war, the Dar Nethi still revile the young Fourth Lord and are happy to believe him dead. Every human soul mundane or Dar Nethi will curse the day you first drew breath.’įear of the Lords curse was only one reason Gerick never intended to return to Avonar. No matter in what realm we exist at the end of this day, you will not escape the destiny we designed for you. Like much fantasy marketed as “adult” today, this well-written novel is suitable for readers as young as middle-schoolers, though some preteens may find it a bit too dark and slow for their tastes.‘Heed my last word, Destroyer. At stake is not only the protection of an innocent boy sheltered at the abbey from greedy princes vying for control of their dead father’s kingdom but also the entire world’s salvation.
After his family discovers him, Valen becomes resolved to learn the book’s power. The book is Valen’s passport to sanctuary with the learned monks of Gillarine Abbey, who believe he can unlock its magic. Valen, who’s also struggling with a kind of drug addiction called “doulon sickness,” possesses his grandfather’s magical book, Maps of the Known World (“Legend said it could lead men to the realm of angels”). At the start of this chilling fantasy from Berg ( Daughter of Ancients ), the first of a pair set in the land of Navronne, her rebellious hero, 27-year-old Valen, has been hiding from his pureblood family of sorcerers for 12 years.
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