The Oathbreaker's Shadow - Couverture souple

McCulloch, Amy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738744050 ISBN 13 : 9780738744056

Editeur : Flux, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'The Oathbreaker's Shadow is a very promising debut in what bodes to be an electrifying duology.' - Robin Hobb

Fifteen-year-old Raim lives in a world where you tie a knot for every promise that you make. Break that promise and you are scarred for life, and cast out into the desert.

Raim has worn a simple knot around his wrist for as long as he can remember. No one knows where it came from, and which promise of his it symbolises, but he barely thinks about it at all - not since becoming the most promising young fighter ever to train for the elite Yun guard. But on the most important day of his life, when he binds his life to his best friend (and future king) Khareh, the string bursts into flames and sears a dark mark into his skin.

Scarred now as an oath-breaker, Raim has two options: run, or be killed.

Quatrième de couverture :

'My word and my life are yours. This is my absolute vow.'

In the land of Darhan promises are bound by magic, tied into knots and worn with pride. Those who break them are physically scarred, cast out into the desert, and tormented by vengeful shadows of their treachery. So when Raim agrees to give his life as a warrior to the future Khan, he knows that he must honour his word until the day he dies.

But on the night he takes his vow, Raim accidentally breaks a mysterious promise that he has worn since the day he was born. But how can he break an oath he has no memory of making?

With the dark mark of a traitor seared into his skin, and forced into exile, Raim flees on a journey that will reveal the true meaning of honour, and uncover truths that will change his world for ever

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Flux
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0738744050
• ISBN 13: 9780738744056
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376