The Wars of Light and Shadow (4) – Fugitive Prince: First Book of The Alliance of Light: Bk.1 (Wars of Light & Shadow) - Hardcover

Wurts, Janny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002240769 ISBN 13: 9780002240765

Publisher: Voyager, 1997

Synopsis

The new volume in Wurts’s superb epic fantasy series to rival Stephen Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

The schism began with two half-brothers empowered to subdue a Mistwraith. In revenge it cursed them to a life of perpetual conflict. Each believes absolutely in his cause, and loathes the other for opposing it...

Lysaer, Prince of the Light – a charismatic leader sworn to set humanity free from sorcerous oppression. He claims divine power to safeguard his people from an enemy he is convinced will destroy them.

Arithon, Master of Shadow – a trained mage who wishes for nothing but to defuse war, and search out the vanished old races who hold the key to restore the world’s shattered peace.

When Koriani enchantresses join forces with Lysaer, new intrigues upset Arithon’s hard-won autonomy. Faction is set against faction, heart against heart, and the scene is set for an explosive recurrence of war. The curse of the Mistwraith echoes eternal...

About this title

Review:

Praise for the Wars of Light and Shadow:

‘Astonishingly original and compelling... A gifted creator of wonder’ Raymond E Feist

‘Janny Wurts builds beautiful castles in the air ... where every detail is richly imagined and vividly rendered’ Diana Gabaldon

‘It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent’ Stephen Donaldson

From the Back Cover:

The schism began with two half-brothers empowered to subdue a Mistwraith. Its vengeance in defeat cursed them to lifelong enmity, locking their gifts of light and shadow in perpetual conflict. Each believes absolutely in his cause – and loathes the other for opposing it ...

Lysaer, Prince of the Light – a charismatic leader sworn to set humanity free from sorcerous oppression. He claims divine power to safeguard his people from an enemy he is convinced will destroy them.

Arithon, Master of Shadow – a trained mage who wishes for nothing but to defuse war, and search out the vanished old races who hold the key to restore the world’s shattered peace.

When Koriani enchantresses join forces with Lysaer, new intrigues upset Arithon’s hard-won autonomy. Their ageing Prime Matriarch wants him taken captive, no matter the means or the cost, as a bargaining chip to break a deadlocked rivalry with the Fellowship Sorcerers. So faction is once more set against faction, heart against heart, and the scene is set for an explosive recurrence of war. The curse of the Mistwraith echoes eternal ...

“Astonishingly original and compelling ... A gifted creator of wonder”
RAYMOND E. FEIST

About this edition

• Publisher: Voyager
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0002240769
• ISBN 13: 9780002240765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400