Traitor's Knot: Alliance of Light Volume 4 - Hardcover

Wurts, Janny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007101120 ISBN 13: 9780007101122

Publisher: Voyager, 2004

Synopsis

The gripping penultimate instalment of The Alliance of Light.

When half brothers Lysaer and Arithon defeated the Mistwraith its revenge left them cursed to lifelong enmity.

Having conquered the maze and acheived self-redemption, Arithon, Master of Shadow, is now the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayor. No one knows how his influence will affect Arithon’s recovered mage power, or his newly awakened rogue talent for prescience.

Meanwhile Arithon’s relentless enemies will stop at nothing to achieve his downfall. The Koriani enchantresses are determined to make him their captive and their pawn. And as the Alliance of Light fanatics regroup after their defeat, the core of their priesthood now stands corrupted by a dark cabal who plot to enslave their leader, Lysaer, and use the Mistwraith’s curse as their own private weapon to break the world’s order.

The sorcerers of the Fellowship compact are sorely beset and the clans are counting their ruinous losses. Arithon, who holds their last hope of survival, chooses the most dangerous course: heart and mind he dedicates himself to avoiding killing, though allies and enemies muster for war, single-mindedly blind to the consequences.

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Review:

‘Astonishingly original and compelling... A gifted creator of wonder’
RAYMOND E. FEIST

‘It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent’
STEPHEN DONALDSON

From the Back Cover:

United, the half-brothers Lysaer and Arithon were able to free the world of Athera from the suffocating embrace of the deadly Mistwraith. But the Mistwraith's curse of vengeance has left them lifelong enemies.

Arithon, Master of Shadow, has defeated Lysaer's Alliance of Light against immense odds. Having conquered the maze of Kewar, he is recovering his strength as the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayer. No one knows how the sorcerer's influence will affect Arithon's recovered mage power, or his newly awakened rogue talent for prescience.

Meanwhile Arithon's relentless enemies will stop at nothing to achieve his downfall. The Koriani enchantresses form a breathtakingly audacious plot to make him their pawn. And as the Alliance fanatics regroup, the core of their priesthood now stands corrupted by a dark cabal who plot to enslave Lysaer, and use the Mistwraith's curse as their own weapon to break the world's order.

The sorcerers of the Fellowship compact are sorely beset and the clans are counting their ruinous losses. Arithon, who holds their last hope of survival, chooses the most dangerous course: heart and mind he dedicates himself to avoiding killing, though allies and enemies muster for war, single-mindedly blind to the consequences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Voyager
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0007101120
• ISBN 13: 9780007101122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544