Elvenbane, The (The Halfblood Chronicles) - Softcover

Norton, Andre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812511751 ISBN 13: 9780812511758

Publisher: Tor Books, 2016

Synopsis

Possessed of great magical abilities, the Elvenlords can change the very world around them to suit their will. They rule their human slaves with an iron hand but they also fear them. According to an ancient prophecy, one day the Elvenbane - a person half-elf and half-human will be born, and the elvenlords will be overthrown. Neither the elves nor the desperate humans know that the prophecy was created by a third, hidden race: the dragons. The dragonkin love to secretly manipulate the elven society and they get a fresh chance when a human woman, pregnant by an Elvenlord, flees into their desert domain. Her child, raised by the dragons, is the fabled Elvenbane, a false prophecy come true. When Shana comes into her power and steps foward to claim her destiny, the world trembles.

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Review

"A brisk, glittering yarn that packs as much action, suspense, and twisting of conventions into one novel as many writers invest in whole trilogies."--"Amazing Stories"

"A splendid blend of the talents of two excellent storytellers!"--Anne McCaffrey

"One of the season's liveliest and, most appealing fantasy epics."--"Publishers Weekly"

A brisk, glittering yarn that packs as much action, suspense, and twisting of conventions into one novel as many writers invest in whole trilogies. "Amazing Stories"

A splendid blend of the talents of two excellent storytellers! "Anne McCaffrey"

One of the season's liveliest and, most appealing fantasy epics. "Publishers Weekly""

A brisk, glittering yarn that packs as much action, suspense, and twisting of conventions into one novel as many writers invest in whole trilogies. Amazing Stories

A splendid blend of the talents of two excellent storytellers! Anne McCaffrey

One of the season's liveliest and, most appealing fantasy epics. Publishers Weekly

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"A brisk, glittering yarn that packs as much action, suspense, and twisting of conventions into one novel as many writers invest in whole trilogies." --Amazing Stories

"A splendid blend of the talents of two excellent storytellers!" --Anne McCaffrey

"One of the season's liveliest and, most appealing fantasy epics." --Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover

ELVENBANE:
THE PROPHECY IS ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED

There will come a child. One born of human mother but fathered by the demons, possessed of magic more powerful than the elven lords! The child shall be hunted before its birth, yet shall escape the hunt and will rise up against the masters and cast them into the lowest hell...

The world is run by the elvenlords. Powerful, proud and secure in their dominion they keep legions of human slaves for work and take their pleasure in elven or human concubines. The breeding of halfbreeds is strictly forbidden. Then Serina Daeth – the favoured human concubine of elven overlord Dryan – finds herself pregnant.

Forced to flee into the desert, Serina dreams – as she dies – of a midwife delivering her baby, Shana; the midwife is in fact the shapechanging dragon-shaman Alara.

But Shana is no ordinary child: raised by the dragons, she is destined to become the Elvenbane.

"A damned fine tale, a splendid blend of the talents of two excellent storytellers"
ANNE McCAFFREY

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0812511751
• ISBN 13: 9780812511758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576