The Cage of Nine Banestones: The Pearl Saga Volume Three - Softcover

Lustbader, Eric Van

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9780006486091: The Cage of Nine Banestones: The Pearl Saga Volume Three

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006486096 ISBN 13: 9780006486091

Publisher: HarperVoyager, 2011

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The third volume in this epic fantasy in the tradition of Frank Herbert’s phenomenal DUNE series.

For one hundred and one years the Kundalans have lived under the oppressive yoke of the V'ornn invaders. But according to prophecy a saviour, the Dar Sala-at, will arrive at their hour of greatest need. And by the forging together of two souls – those of a V'ornn prince and a young Kundalan woman named Riane – this hero has now been incarnated.

But the sauromicians, a secret society of outcast sorcerers, are plotting the Dar Sala-at's downfall. At their disposal they have eight ancient banestones, recovered from the sacred buried city of Za Hara-at. Each stone is a source of immense malevolent power, but if the sauromicians find the final missing stone, all nine together will form an engine of unimaginable destruction, bringing doom to Kundala and all of her inhabitants.

Although beset by enemies on all sides, Riane is aided in her quest by a loyal and loving group of trusted friends, both V'ornn and Kundalan. Together they are committed to overcoming the dangers in their path to ensure that Riane fulfils the prophecy and Kundala is released from peril.

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Praise for the Pearl Saga:

'An imaginative otherworldly culture clash between technology and spirituality ... a potent portal to fabulous mythic realms' Publishers Weekly

'Lustbader creates intriguing and conflicted characters and spins a complex world of religion, magic and technology around them' Amazon.com

'The centuries long occupation of Kundala and its by now subtle oppressions is ably drawn ... pulls all the right levers' SFX

Synopsis:

The third volume in this huge new fantasy in the tradition of Frank Herbert's phenomenal DUNE series. Ever since the V'ornn invasion the oppressed Kundalan have been dwindling in strength. Their religion is dying, their magic fading and their goddess all but forgotten. Only the fabled and long-awaited Dar Sala-at can find the long-lost, all-powerful Pearl and save them from extinction. Riane, the newly incarnated Dar Sala-at, has been led to believe by prophecy that the Pearl lies behind the Storehouse door. Having already failed to gain access through the Ring of Five Dragons, and beset by enemies on all sides, Riane finally manages to enter the Storehouse -- but in a way she would never have thought possible, and with entirely unpredicted results. Meanwhile the sinister Sauromicians are plotting to make Riane's path more torturous than ever. Having come into possession of nine ancient banestones as a result of an important alliance, they have used these mysterious and magical objects to imprison a sacred dragon. Before Riane can discover the Pearl she must find Seelin, the Dragon of Transformation, and free her from the cage of nine banestones.

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