The Lightstone: The Silver Sword: Part Two - Couverture souple

Zindell, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007139969 ISBN 13 : 9780007139965

Editeur : Voyager, 2002

Synopsis

From the author of Neverness comes a powerful new epic fantasy series. The Ea Cycle is as rich as Tolkien and as magical as the Arthurian myths.

The world of Ea is an ancient world settled in eons past by the Star People. However, their ancestors floundered, in their purpose to create a great stellar civilisation on the new planet: they fell into moral decay.
Now a champion has been born who will lead them back to greatness, by means of a spiritual – and adventurous – quest for Ea’s Grail: the Lightstone.
His name is Valashu Elahad, and he is destined to become King. Blessed (or cursed?) with an empathy for all living things, he will lead his people into the lands of Morjin, into the heart of darkness, wielding a magical sword called Alkadadur, there to recover the mythical Lightstone and return in triumph with his prize.

But Morjin is not to be vanquished so easily…

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Zindell’s short story Shanidar was a prize-winning entry in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. He was nominated for the ‘best new writer’ Hugo Award in 1986. Gene Wolfe declared Zindell as ‘one of the finest talents to appear since Kim Stanley Robinson and William Gibson – perhaps the finest.’ His first novel, Neverness was published to great acclaim.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Valashu Elahad, wielding a magical sword, crosses the Dragon Channel to reach at last the land of Morjin's dark terror. Blessed – or cursed? – with an empathy for all living things, Valashu faces the severest test of his will to defeat the enemy of his ancestors and of all the people of the Nine Kingdoms.

He is drawn into the heart of darkness though he follows the glorious ideal of the Lightstone. And to spite him Morjin embraces light, masking himself in beauty and grace. The horrors of Morjin's underground fastness in the White Mountains will surely destroy Valashu's sanity. The Lightstone will be Morjin's, no matter who finds it first.

"Vividly imaginative and truly grand. There's a richness of description, and a canvas as broad and colourful as they come"
'Time Out'

"Zindell re-imagines the epic on a grand scale. Each of his characters is meticulously created…The Lightstone shines brightly within a world of fantasy"
'Dreamwatch'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Voyager
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0007139969
• ISBN 13: 9780007139965
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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