THE BROKEN CHALICE: Book Two of the Book of Man Trilogy: Book 8 (Runes of War: The Book of Man) - Softcover

Welch, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007112505 ISBN 13: 9780007112500

Publisher: HarperVoyager, 2011

Synopsis

The second book in a new epic fantasy trilogy by British author Jane Welch

Silas has fled with the broken Chalice of Önd, forcing the companions to flee into the surrounding forest, pursued and hunted by the remaining angry swarms of hobs. But their escape is slow as Isolde falls ill; the injured hand she plunged into the Chalice during the ceremony is infected and the disease is spreading rapidly, transforming her flesh into the scales of a hob. Sick with worry, Rollo decides to go after the chalice, hoping to reverse the spell, but Leaf insists on returning to aid her people convinced she can find a cure with them. Unable to agree, the company splits. Meanwhile Torra Alta is under siege, attacked by men imbued with dragon-fire powers. It seems the attack on Belbidia is not simply a civil war, but a mass invasion.

About this title

About the Author:

After working in Heffers Booksellers for a short while and running her own small business, Jane Welch and her husband Richard left England to spend five winters teaching skiing in Andorra. Here she completed her first novel, The Runes of War, the first book in The RuneSpell trilogy, which was published in Dec 1995, The Lost Runes in October 1996 and The Runes of Sorcery in May 1997. Her second trilogy, set in the same world of Belbidia – The Book of Önd, was published by Earthlight in 1999/2000.

Synopsis:

Silas has fled with the broken Chalice of Ond, forcing the companions to flee into the surrounding forest. But their escape is slow as Isolde falls ill; the injured hand she plunged into the Chalice is infected and the disease is spreading rapidly, transforming her flesh into the scales of a hob.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperVoyager
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0007112505
• ISBN 13: 9780007112500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544