The Tamuli - Domes of Fire/ The Shining Ones/ The Hidden City

Informationen zum Autor David Eddings Klappentext For the first time in one magical volume-the three exciting novels of David Eddings's epic heroic fantasy THE TAMULI Danger stalks Queen Ehlana's realm. Peasants whisper of the heroes of old who will rise again. Outlaw bands ravage the hill country. Then comes an ambassador from the far-off Tamuli empire, requesting aid: Tamuli is being torn apart by monsters, ancient warriors, and foul magics. Queen Ehlana turns to the great knight Sparhawk, and the two begin the perilous trek to the distant empire of the east, toward a glittering court seething with corruption and treachery. This tale of rousing adventure, glory, and betrayal is fantasy at its best, as told by one of the finest storytellers of our time. "This tale of comradeship, dastardly doings, multiple gods, strange races and noble and ignoble humans is vintage Eddings.” -Publishers Weekly, on The Shining Ones "Eddings continues to reward lovers of great, sweeping fantasies with creative ingenuity in characterization, world building, and magical effects.” -Booklist, on The Hidden CityCHAPTER ONE It was early spring, and the rain still had the lingering chill of winter. A soft, silvery drizzle sifted down out of the night sky and wreathed around the blocky watchtowers of Cimmura, hissing in the torches on each side of the broad gate and making the stones of the road leading up to the gate shiny and black. A lone rider approached the city. He was wrapped in a heavy traveller’s cloak and rode a tall, shaggy roan horse with a long nose and flat, vicious eyes. The traveller was a big man, a bigness of large, heavy bone and ropy tendon rather than of flesh. His hair was coarse and black, and at some time his nose had been broken. He rode easily but with the peculiar alertness of the trained warrior. The big roan shuddered absently, shaking the rain out of his shaggy coat as they approached the east gate of the city and stopped in the ruddy circle of torchlight just outside the wall. An unshaven gate guard in a rust-splotched breastplate and helmet, his patched green cloak hanging negligently from one shoulder, came out of the gate house to look inquiringly at the traveller. He was swaying slightly on his feet. “Just passing through, neighbor,” the big man said in a quiet voice. He pushed back the hood of his cloak. “Oh,” the guard said, “it’s you, Prince Sparhawk. I didn’t recognize you. Welcome home.” “Thank you,” Sparhawk replied. He could smell the cheap wine on the man’s breath. “Would you like to have me send word to the palace that you’ve arrived, your Highness?” “No. Don’t bother them. I can unsaddle my own horse.” Sparhawk privately disliked ceremonies—particularly late at night. He leaned over and handed the guard a small coin. “Go back inside, neighbor. You’ll catch cold if you stand out here in the rain.” He nudged his horse and rode on through the gate. The district near the city wall was poor, with shabby, run-down houses standing tightly packed beside each other, their second stories projecting out over the wet, littered streets. Sparhawk rode up a narrow, cobbled lane with the slow clatter of the big roan’s steel-shod hooves echoing back from the buildings. The night breeze had come up, and the crude signs identifying this or that tightly shuttered shop swung creaking on rusty hooks. A dog with nothing better to do came out of an alley to bark at them with brainless self-importance. Sparhawk’s horse turned his head slightly to give the wet cur a long, level stare that spoke eloquently of death. The empty-headed dog’s barking trailed off and he cringed back, his ratlike tail between his legs. The horse bore down on him purposefully. The dog whined, then yelped, turned, and fled. Sparhawk’s horse snorted derisively. “That makes you feel better, Faran?” Sparhawk asked the roan. Fa...

Product details

• Authors: David Eddings
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2008
• EAN: 9780345500946
• ISBN: 978-0-345-50094-6
• No. of pages: 1040
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 39 mm
• Series: The Tamuli; The Tamuli
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy