Initiate’s Trial: First book of Sword of the Canon (The Wars of Light and Shadow, Book 9) - Softcover

Wurts, Janny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000721782X ISBN 13: 9780007217823

Publisher: Harper Voyager, 2011

Synopsis

The long-awaited beginning of the fourth story arc - Sword of the Canon - in the epic fantasy series, the Wars of Light and Shadow.

Betrayed and double-crossed, Arithon s'Ffalenn is held captive by the Order of the Koriathain. The desperate Fellowship Sorcerers have gambled the weal of Athera and forced through the perilous bargain that spared him, as the last Prince of Rathain, and their sole hope of unity. To suspend the Prime Matriarch's decree of execution, Arithon lives only to battle Marak's horde of free wraiths, unleashed one by one from the shielding grip of the star wards.
But on the day the last wraith is redeemed, the inflexible terms sealed by Dakar's oath of debt will come to be forfeit...
Against a world backdrop, in which the Religion of Light has undergone schism, the zealot True Sect's canon grips Tysan, its high priesthood stands consumed by its thwarted ambition: to conquer Havish, last crown bastion and backbone of order that secures the terms of Paravian survival. Now Lord Mayor of Etarra, Lysaer s'Ilessid must fight the pull of the Mistwraith's curse, and battle for sanity to uphold his just ethic. Another young defender will stand at his side, newly sworn by the Sorcerer's auspices.
As Arithon's life once again becomes the fulcrum that shifts the game board, Elaira's choice might save or break the unstable future; while at large and answerable to no mortal law, Davien and the dragon that holds his service throw in the wild card no one predicts...

About this title

Review:

‘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

About the Author:

Janny Wurts is the author of the Cycle of Fire series, co-author of the worldwide bestselling Empire series with Raymond E. Feist, and is currently working on the Wars of Light and Shadow series. She often paints her own covers and is also an expert horsewoman, sailor, musician and archer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 000721782X
• ISBN 13: 9780007217823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544