The Chosen - Couverture souple

Pinto, Ricardo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0553505815 ISBN 13 : 9780553505818

Editeur : Bantam, 2000

Synopsis

A magnificent and highly original fantasy novel - the first in the trilogy - written with the sophistication of The Coming of the King and Gormenghast.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ricardo Pinto is Portuguese, but has lived and studied in Scotland since he was a child. Previously he designed and programmed computer games. This is his second novel. He lives in Edinburgh and is currently working on the final volume in this trilogy.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Hidden within a avolcanic crater, the earthly paradise of Osrakum is the very heart of the Three Lands - a vast empire ruled over by the imperious and cruel Masters. Carnelian is a Master but, living in exile with his father on a remote island, he has grown up free from their pomp and ritual, humanised by the love of his household.

Years later, through bitter winter gales, a great black ship arrives to shatter his world. It brings three mask-clad Masters come to beg Carnelian's father to return to oversee the election of a new God Emperor. Seemingly powerless to refuse, Carnelian journeys with him, across the seas and the Guarded Land, to fabled Osrakum.

In the city's echoing halls and forbidden gardens, bitter, bloody lessons of power and intrigue have to be learned, love sought and treachery endured, and in fufilling his destiny, Carnelian sets in motion the concluding events in a story 4,000 years old...

The first book in a remarkable new trilogy, The Chosen heralds the arrival of a dazzling and original new voice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0553505815
• ISBN 13: 9780553505818
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 736
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible