Knight of the Demon Queen: 3 (Winterlands) - Softcover

Hambly, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345421906 ISBN 13: 9780345421906

Publisher: Random House Worlds, 2000

Synopsis

Once the most powerful mage in the land, Jenny Waynest is now a broken woman. After being possessed and corrupted by the demon Amayon, she lost everything she holds dear--even the trust of her husband. Yet Lord John Aversin has torments of his own: memories of the beautiful and cruel Aohila, demon queen of a rival hell, whom he'd tricked into providing the help he needed to free Jenny. Now, condemned to death for trafficking with demons, John cannot forgive himself for opening the door to a far greater evil--an evil that still haunts his dreams. And not only his dreams . . .

For a vengeful Aohila needs mortal aid in realms beyond her power, and who better to provide it than Lord John? Blackmailed into cooperating, John must fight his way through unimaginable horrors in quest of a prize that may doom the world he has left behind . . .

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Review

"I might be slightly prejudiced for dragons, and I am definitely prejudiced in favor of anything Barbara Hambly wants to do with her main characters, Lord John and Jenny . . . She handles the action with great skill and charm, and the universe with beautiful imagery . . . She writes darn good books, our Barbara!"
--ANNE MCCAFFREY

From the Back Cover

By the author of the best-selling 'Dragonsbane' and 'Dragonshadow'

John Aversin and Jenny have returned to the Winterlands, where Jenny's depression has deepened. Unable to help their son, Ian, through his own grief over separation from his demon, she returns alone to Frost Fell. Then, together with the great Black Dragon Morkeleb, they journey south to investigate rumours that someone has been raising the dead.

Meanwhile, John is drawn into a dangerous bargain with the Demon Queen, whose formidable powers force John to begin a journey that will take him through a series of magical and terrifying hells.

On his journeys, John finds himself embroiled in worlds where he is clearly out of his depth, worlds inhabited by malevolent demons whose dark agenda sees them imprisoning the souls of the innocent in a bid for complete domination of both Man and Dragon.

"An enviable and intricate talent"
JANNY WURTS

"When the author is Barbara Hambly prepare for something special"
LOCUS

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Worlds
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0345421906
• ISBN 13: 9780345421906
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 352