The Cold Commands

Morgan, Richard K.

ISBN 10: 1596064935 / ISBN 13: 9781596064935

Edité par Subterranean Press, Burton, 2012

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527pp. 8vo. Beautiful white cloth over boards, stamped spine. Signed by author on the Limited Edition page, this is copy #175 of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Continues the saga of Ringil Eskiatis --Gil for short-- a peerless warrior whose love for another man has made him an outcast and pariah. Publication was made by arrangement with Ballantine Books, First thus. This is a beautiful pristine copy. Brodart protected. N° de réf. du vendeur 0003256

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Titre : The Cold Commands

Éditeur : Subterranean Press, Burton

Date d'édition : 2012

Reliure : Hardcover

Illustrateur : Vincent Chong

Etat : Fine

Etat de la jaquette : fine

Signé : Signé par l'auteur

Edition : Signed, Limited Edition.

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Synopsis :

Rare Book

Présentation de l'éditeur:

With The Steel Remains, award-winning science fiction writer Richard K. Morgan turned his talents to sword and sorcery. The result: a genre-busting masterwork hailed as a milestone in contemporary epic fantasy. Now Morgan continues the riveting saga of Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a peerless warrior whose love for other men has made him an outcast and pariah. 

Only a select few have earned the right to call Gil friend. One is Egar, the Dragonbane, a fierce Majak fighter who comes to respect a heart as savage and loyal as his own. Another is Archeth, the last remaining daughter of an otherworldly race called the Kiriath, who once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic of the Aldrain—only to depart for reasons as mysterious as their arrival. Yet even Egar and Archeth have learned to fear the doom that clings to their friend like a grim shadow . . . or the curse of a bitter god.

Now one of the Kiriath’s uncanny machine intelligences has fallen from orbit—with a message that humanity faces a grave new danger (or, rather, an ancient one): a creature called the Illwrack Changeling, a boy raised to manhood in the ghostly between-world realm of the Grey Places, home to the Aldrain. A human raised as one of them—and, some say, the lover of one of their greatest warriors—until, in a time lost to legend, he was vanquished. Wrapped in sorcerous slumber, hidden away on an island that drifts between this world and the Grey Places, the Illwrack Changeling is stirring. And when he wakes, the Aldrain will rally to him and return in force—this time without the Kiriath to stop them.

An expedition is outfitted for the long and arduous sea journey to find the lost island of the Illwrack Changeling. Aboard are Gil, Egar, and Archeth: each fleeing from ghosts of the past, each seeking redemption in whatever lies ahead. But redemption doesn’t come cheap these days. Nor, for that matter, does survival. Not even for Ringil Eskiath. Or anyone—god or mortal—who would seek to use him as a pawn.