The Walls of Air - Softcover

Hambly, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 0345296702 ISBN 13: 9780345296702

Publisher: Del Rey Ballantine, 1988

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Three thousand years before, the monstrous Dark had sprung from loathsome underground lairs to destroy most of humanity. Now they were again ravening and ruining in their blood-hunger. Only a few thousand people had managed to find refuge in the ancient fortress Keep of Renweth.
There, even the magic of the wizard Ingold Inglorion could offer them little hope against the Dark.
To defeat the savage horror, they must gain help from the Hidden City of Quo, to which all other wizards had been summoned. But Ingold could not pierce the walls of illusion that separated Quo from the world.
With his student, Rudy Solis, the old wizard set out to cross two thousand miles of dangerous desert to the City of Wizards.
What he might find there he could not know -- and dared not guess!

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BLOOD-HUNGRY AND TERRIFYING, THE DARK HAVE RISEN

After three thousand years of a deep and silent sleep, the Dark have returned to lay waste and destroy everything in their path. Eight thousand people have reached the shelter of the Keep of Renweth having been urged there by the wizard Ingold Inglorion. Among them are Gil Patterson and Rudy Solis who had crossed the Void with the wizard from their own world when he sought their help.

Now the only hope for the besieged is to seek help from the Hidden City of Quo, to which all the wizards have been summoned. Together Ingold and Rudy set out to cross two thousand miles of desert to the mysterious city and to penetrate the walls of illusion that separate Quo from the rest of the world. Once there can they truly banish the Dark from the world forever?

“A writer of unusual proficiency”
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“The entire trilogy hangs together with a singular vision. Hambly is a shining example of what can be done with the motifs and wonders that endear this genre to those of us who still seek a touch of magic in our reading”
CHARLES DE LINT

About the Author:

Barbara Hambly was born in San Diego. Her interest in fantasy began with reading ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at an early age and has continued ever since. She attended the University of California, Riverside, specialising in medieval history and then spent a year at the University at Bordeaux in Southern France as a teaching and research assistant. She now lives in Los Angeles.

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