Gol - Couverture souple

Webb, J W

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0990515796 ISBN 13 : 9780990515791

Editeur : NRD Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

A forbidden love. A kingdom rotting from within. And an ancient evil waiting beneath the storm.

Lissane Barola was born to be bartered.
Daughter of one of Gol’s most powerful families, she is promised to a brutal lord whose marriage will strengthen her father’s grip on the kingdom. Her duty is clear. Her future already decided.
But Lissane has given her heart to another.
Erun Cade is a blacksmith’s son—a dreamer, a poet, and a young man with impossible hopes of honor and glory. Their love crosses a boundary Gol’s ruthless nobility will never forgive.
When Lissane’s brothers discover their secret, blood is spilled and Erun is driven from everything he knows.
Yet their forbidden romance is only the first crack in a kingdom already beginning to fracture.
Across Gol, ambition turns brother against brother. Old powers stir. A mysterious enemy reaches from the shadows, and far beyond the schemes of mortal men, the gods themselves are moving toward a reckoning.
Soon Lissane and Erun will be swept into a struggle far greater than either imagined—a struggle of betrayal, vengeance, war and destiny that will decide not only who rules Gol…
…but whether Gol survives at all.

Gol is a sweeping epic fantasy of forbidden love, treacherous families, ancient gods and a doomed kingdom standing on the edge of legend.
“A quest story that’s easy to follow and hard to put down.” — Kirkus Reviews

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

I was born near Doncaster England in the early sixties but later moved south to Sussex, where I lived for many years. One of my (several schools) was at Battle, a small town named after that historic conflict in 1066. You know the one, it culminated with poor Harold getting that arrow in his eye and those rude Normans invading our green and pleasant land. Growing up so close to that scene of ancient carnage awarded me a fascination for all things Dark Age. I'd fallen victim to a weird and random imagination, resulting in a love of epic stories and epic story telling. This affliction prompted me to delve deep into the worlds of Tolkien, Peake, Eddison and Moorcock. Also about this time I commenced drawing imaginary maps and inventing stories about wonderfully nasty folk, doing wonderfully nasty things, whilst pent up in gloomy unpleasant places. Then at 18 years daft, I found myself thrust deep into the Queen's Household Cavalry. How I arrived there I cannot quite recall. The result was a sharp dose of reality. But not a cure – the affliction ran deep. I left the regiment, and for a time wandered hazy through life hitting nails with hammers, sailing brigantines through southern waters, drinking venomous concoctions with venomous companions, and yes, reading lots more ghastly fantasy books. At 27 years I became to a degree sensible. I married my beloved Rae, a watercolour artist and passionate Celt, and got a sensible career hauling trucks around the British countryside. The trouble with hauling trucks around the British countryside is that it lets the mind ramble willy nilly, when not being tortured by local radio. The result of that rambling was more stories flittering around inside this errant trucker's dizzy head. Then, during one dark winter night back in 1993, whilst parked forlorn outside a dreary inn, something profound happened. I stumbled into Corin an Fol: a moody, rather difficult individual, mooching about in a deep tangled wood (my imagination). That wood grew into a world (not as hard as it sounds when you write fantasy stuff). The world became Ansu, home to all manner of mismatched mortals and grumpy gods. Late 2001 a plot appeared through the murky trees and The Shattered Crown (Book 2 Legends of Ansu) was the result. After I finished that novel I soon realised I needed to go back a thousand years and add a history to my world. Hence this prequel - Gol - was born.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NRD Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0990515796
• ISBN 13: 9780990515791
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Garland Roger
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 642
• Éditeur: Romano Catherine
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