Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy – An Epic Military Fantasy Where Ancient Sorcery Claims Souls and Devastates Worlds - Couverture souple

Hobb, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060758287 ISBN 13 : 9780060758288

Editeur : Harper Voyager, 2006

Synopsis

A thrilling epic fantasy tale about a noble’s son destined for a distinguished military career…until he is stricken by a mysterious illness. First in the international bestselling Solder Son Trilogy.

Nevare Burvelle, the wealthy son of one of Vania’s new noble families, is destined for greatness. Bright and well-educated, an excellent horseman with an advantageous engagement and a secured place in Vania’s cavalry, Nevare is distinguishing himself at the cavalry training academy when he falls victim to Speck disease, a mysterious illness associated with the little understood race of forest people.

Sent home from the academy, rejected by his family and fiancee, Nevare ultimately takes a position at the isolated outpost on the foothills of the Barrier Mountains, where he is charged with developing trade with the Specks and protecting the settlers from attack by raiders. As he learns more about the Specks he is strangely drawn to their way of life—and to a beautiful Speck woman.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin Hobb was born in California but grew up in Alaska. It was there that she learned to love the forest and the wilderness. She has lived most of her life in the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Tacoma, Washington. She is the author of five critically acclaimed fantasy series: The Rain Wilds Chronicles (Dragon Keeper, Dragon Haven, City of Dragons, Blood of Dragons), The Soldier Son Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and The Farseer Trilogy. Under the name Megan Lindholm she is the author of The Wizard of the Pigeons, Windsingers, and Cloven Hooves. The Inheritance, a collection of stories, was published under both names. Her short fiction has won the Asimov's Readers' Award and she has been a finalist for both the Nebula and Hugo awards.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier. The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King's Cavella Academy—and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates—before joining the King of Gernia's brutal campaign of territorial expansion. The life chosen for him will be fraught with hardship, for he must ultimately face a forest-dwelling folk who will not submit easily to a king's tyranny. And they possess an ancient magic their would-be conquerors have long discounted—a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle's soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Voyager
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060758287
• ISBN 13: 9780060758288
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 624
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