The Diamond Throne (Elenium, 1) - Softcover

Eddings, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345367693 ISBN 13: 9780345367693

Publisher: Del Rey, 1990

Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Belegariad and Mallorean series comes the first novel in a series imbued with magic and adventure.

Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to find his young Queen Ehlana trapped in a block of ensorcelled crystal. Only the great sorcery of Sephrenia, ageless instructor of magic, kept her alive--but the spell would last only a year, and its cost was tragically high.

Now a Prince Regent ruled Elenia, the puppet of Annias, ambitious Primate of the Church who planned to seize power over all the land.

As Sparhawk and Sephrenia set out to find a cure for Ehlana, Sephrenia revealed that there was only one person in the west who could defeat the evil plots against Ehlana. That person was Sparhawk.

About this title

Review:

‘What separates the grown-up authors from the boys is the quality of the writing and David Eddings is one of the best’
Western Mail

‘Sparhawk is the best-realized hero in modern fantasy’
Daily Telegraph

‘Eddings has a marvellous storyteller style’ Anne McCaffrey

From the Back Cover:

After a long spell of exile, Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and the Queen’s champion, returns to his native land to find it overrun with evil and intrigue – and his young Queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year. But as Sparhawk and his allies – who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child – seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they feared...

Truly a gem of epic fantasy from the modern master of the genre, THE DIAMOND THRONE is a must for Eddings fans – and an excellent introduction for those who have yet to discover the delights of his work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0345367693
• ISBN 13: 9780345367693
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 435