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Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the mountain city of
Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a clandestine meeting
between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she uncovers a plot
that threatens not only her home but the empire itself. The trail
leads to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a dragon
singer. Lorelei soon discovers there’s more to Rylan than meets
the eye. He came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she
stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red
Knives’ achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful decision:
she frees him. Now branded as traitors, the two flee the city on
dragonback. In the massive forest known as the Holt, they follow
the trail of clues and discover something terrible. The Red Knives
are planning to awaken a powerful demi-god in the holiest shrine in
Ancris, and for some reason the Church is willing to allow it. It
forces their return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally
the very people who’ve vowed to capture them before it’s too
late.
Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the mountain city of
Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a clandestine meeting
between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she uncovers a plot
that threatens not only her home but the empire itself. The trail
leads to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a dragon
singer. Lorelei soon discovers there’s more to Rylan than meets
the eye. He came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she
stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red
Knives’ achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful decision:
she frees him. Now branded as traitors, the two flee the city on
dragonback. In the massive forest known as the Holt, they follow
the trail of clues and discover something terrible. The Red Knives
are planning to awaken a powerful demi-god in the holiest shrine in
Ancris, and for some reason the Church is willing to allow it. It
forces their return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally
the very people who’ve vowed to capture them before it’s too
late.
This 1st book in a new fantasy series from the author of the
acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series follows an unlikely
pair as they expose the secrets at the heart of the mountain city
of Ancris. Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the
mountain city of Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a
clandestine meeting between the Church and the hated Red Knives,
she uncovers a plot that threatens not only her home but the empire
itself. The trail leads her to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief
posing as a dragon singer. Rylan came to Ancris to solve the very
same mystery she stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could
lead to the Red Knives’ achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a
fateful decision: she frees him. Now branded as traitors, the two
flee the city on dragonback. In the massive forest known as the
Holt, they discover something terrible. The Red Knives are planning
to awaken a powerful demigod in the holiest shrine in Ancris, and
for some reason the Church is willing to allow it. It forces their
return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally the very
people who’ve vowed to capture them before it’s too late.
Explore the mountain city of Ancris, where fast-paced adventure and
intrigue abound. in this new offering from the author of the
acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series.
The second book in The Song of the Shattered Sands series--an epic
fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and
pulse-pounding action. Ceda, now a Blade Maiden in service to the
kings of Sharakhai, trains as one of their elite warriors, gleaning
secrets even as they send her on covert missions to further their
rule. She knows the dark history of the asirim-that hundreds of
years ago they were enslaved to the kings against their will-but
when she bonds with them as a Maiden, chaining them to her, she
feels their pain as if her own. They hunger for release, they
demand it, but with the power of the gods compelling them, they
find their chains unbreakable. Ceda could become the champion
they've been waiting for, but the need to tread carefully has never
been greater. After their recent defeat at the hands of the rebel
Moonless Host, the kings are hungry for blood, scouring the city in
their ruthless quest for revenge. Ceda's friend Emre and his new
allies in the Moonless Host hope to take advantage of the unrest in
Sharakhai, despite the danger of opposing the kings and their
god-given powers, and the Maidens and their deadly ebon blades.
When Ceda and Emre are drawn into a plot of the blood mage
Hamzakiir, they learn a devastating secret that may very well
shatter the power of the hated kings. But it may all be undone if
Ceda cannot learn to navigate the shifting tides of power in
Sharakhai and control the growing anger of the asirim that
threatens to overwhelm her...
This standalone companion novel returns to Bradley P. Beaulieu's
Song of Shattered Sands epic fantasy universe Ceda is the youngest
pit fighter in the history of Sharakhai. She's made her name in the
arena as the fearsome White Wolf. None but her closest friends and
allies know her true identity. But this all changes when she
crosses the path of Rumayesh, an ehrekh, a sadistic creature forged
aeons ago by the god of chaos. The ehrekh are desert dwellers, but
for centuries Rumayesh has lurked in the dark corners of Sharakhai,
combing the populace for human "jewels" that might interest her.
Some she chooses to stand by her side, until she tires of them and
discards them. Others she abducts to examine more closely, leaving
them ruined, worn-out husks. Ceda flees the ehrekh's attentions,
but that only makes Rumayesh covet her more. Rumayesh grows
violent, threatening to unmask Ceda as the White Wolf-but the
danger grows infinitely worse when she turns her attention to
Ceda's friends. As Ceda fights to protect the people dearest to
her, Rumayesh comes closer to attaining her prize, and the struggle
becomes a battle for Ceda's very soul.
Best Book of 2015 by Amazon | Barnes and Noble | BuzzFeed *
"Promises to be breathtaking." -Robin Hobb The Song of the
Shattered Sands: Book One Sharakhai, the great city of the desert,
center of commerce and culture, has been ruled from time immemorial
by twelve kings -- cruel, ruthless, powerful, and immortal. With
their army of Silver Spears, their elite company of Blade Maidens
and their holy defenders, the terrifying asirim, the Kings uphold
their positions as undisputed, invincible lords of the desert.
There is no hope of freedom for any under their rule. Or so it
seems, until Ceda, a brave young woman from the west end slums,
defies the Kings' laws by going outside on the holy night of Beht
Zha'ir. What she learns that night sets her on a path that winds
through both the terrible truths of the Kings' mysterious history
and the hidden riddles of her own heritage. Together, these secrets
could finally break the iron grip of the Kings' power...if the
nigh-omnipotent Kings don't find her first.
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Unfettered II (Hardcover)
Shawn Speakman; Cover design or artwork by Todd Lockwood; Illustrated by Don Maitz; Bradley P. Beaulieu, Jim Butcher, …
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