Author: P. C. Hodgell Year: 1985 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Popularity: 1.5 Genres/categories: Fantasy
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ISBN: 9780689311710 0689311710 |
Tai-tastigon is burning. The whole city is in an uproar. And the cause, Jame, and her friend Marc have fled. They are making their way through mountain passes, far too late in the season, hoping to find Jame's brother Tori somewhere on the other side. Nothing ever goes easily for Jame, least of all this journey. As hints of the past she has forgotten¾of dark and horrid years in the house of Gerridon, betrayer of her people, the Kencyrath, and her god¾come to the surface, she encounters changers from the house of Gerridon, wanting to bring her back into that dark place. Arrin-ken, catlike creatures who are nevertheless a part of her own people, find and judge her. Bandits, brigands and strange remnants from the past of her people¾which suggest a dim future for them, their god and their hope of defeating the great enemy, Perimal Darkling¾arise to haunt her. But her determination to find her brother and to avoid falling into eternal darkness only grows stronger. Meanwhile Tori, who is Highlord of the Kencyrath, leads the wayward lords of the Kencyrath with uneasy grace. He is a compromise for them, a way of avoiding endless battle between them. But he can bind them together only so long as he can tread a narrow way between their varied needs and desires. When a vast and unexpected danger threatens, he must call up the host¾the troops that each lord must muster¾but in so doing he threatens his own position and his sanity, for he cannot avoid the attention this calls to him, attention that seems to bring changers who want to kill him, and odd nightmares that seem to suggest a future he does not want and the reappearance of a sister he both loves and fears. Jame and Marc appeared first in God Stalk, where Jame discovered that she had odd powers and that she did not need a past to change forever the future of those around her. In this second book, she is just as hard on her friends, and her enemies, as she was in the first. But knowing her past, knowing how near she is always to the brink of a personal disaster she cannot accept, she must now consider each step she takes more carefully. This does not mean that either she, or for that matter, Tori, will ever be less than wild and unexpected. It only means that both must count and accept the cost of their actions. It is a way of living neither is prepared for. At the publisher's request, this titles are sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
This book is part of the "Kencyrath" series. Here are some other books from this series: Blood and IvoryFirst published 1994 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.3/10 |
Bound in BloodFirst published 2010 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.3/10 |
God StalkFirst published 1982 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.8/10 |
Honor's ParadoxFirst published 2011 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10 |
Seeker's MaskFirst published 1994 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.5/10 |
To Ride a RathornFirst published 2006 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.4/10 |
Dark of the GodsFirst published 2000 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.4/10 |
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Sea of TimeRank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10 |
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Seeker's BaneFirst published 2009 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.1/10 |
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