Eye of the Labyrinth

Zusatztext "[The Lion of Senet has] characters that grow! intrigue that deepens--a writer to watch in the future." --Janny Wurts "The best fantasy I've read this year . . . anyone who loves Guy Gavriel Kay or George RR Martin will devour this book . . ." -- Nexus "Fallon writes with a fresh and engaging touch." -- NW Magazine? Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Fallon works in Melbourne and writes anywhere she can get her hands on a computer. She works in sales, maerketing, and training in the IT industry and changes jobs so often that even she isn't sure where she works these days. Visit her website at www.jenniferfallon.com? Klappentext Since the Age of Shadows ended! the people of Ranadon have lived under the merciless heat of two suns and the tyranny of Antonov! the Lion of Senet. Consumed by his lust for power and his unshakable belief in the capricious! almighty Goddess! Antonov's rule is absolute. Only one man has the intelligence and will to break that hold...a man who could be King. Suddenly widowed! Morna Provin! Duchess of Elcast! has lost her only protector. With her son banished for an unspeakable crime! she faces a horrifying fate at the hands of the Lion of Senet as retribution for her relationship with the heretic Johan Thorn. But it is only part of a cunning scheme to lure her son! Dirk Provin! back into the fold so Antonov can consolidate his power once and for all. With his mother's life at stake! Dirk Provin must emerge from hiding in the Baenlands and return to Elcast—setting in motion a rebellion that will expose long-buried secrets and ignite festering hatreds. For a ruler's fears and a madman's prophecy will start Dirk on a quest for truth that will spark a fierce battle between two very different men: one who believes only what his five senses tell him! the other obsessed by his faith in the divine. It is a clash that will bring to light a revelation that may shatter them all. Chapter 1 The worst thing about funerals was the smiles, Morna Provin thought. The wary, tremulous, uncertain smiles that never reached the eyes. The hesitant, insincere, I-don't-know-what-to-say-to-you smiles that everyone wore when attempting to express their sympathy, while inside they recoiled from this blatant reminder of their own mortality. Morna walked behind the carriage bearing Wallin's body down toward Elcast harbor feeling numb. The first sun was high in the red-tinted sky. Perspiration stained her black silk gown in dark, unsightly patches under her arms and across her back. Why do we wear black in this heat? she wondered idly. Or clothes with so many layers? What half-witted fool invented the petticoat? The Duchess of Elcast wore a dark veil over her face, which provided her with some small measure of privacy, but she knew every eye was on her. Did the onlookers think her dignified in her dry-eyed composure--or cold and unfeeling? She had not allowed herself to cry or even grieve yet; had not allowed herself to contemplate the future. Morna simply refused to think about it. Rees Provin, her eldest son and the new Duke of Elcast, walked in front of her. Beside him was his bride of three months, Faralan. Rees had assumed his duties as duke with a competence that made her feel proud--and more than a little obsolete. He had organized the funeral, seen to it that his father's bequests were distributed in accordance with his wishes, done everything that needed to be done, efficiently and gracefully, without once asking for her advice or counsel. Of Morna's missing youngest son, Dirk, there was no sign; no news for the past two years. Morna grieved the loss of her second son more than she could describe. To lose a child was a pain no parent should bear, she thought. To lose the son she had borne to Johan Thorn had been exquisitely painful, a fact that undoubtedly gave the Lion o...

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Fallon
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.04.2004
• EAN: 9780553586695
• ISBN: 978-0-553-58669-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 175 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Second Sons Trilogy; The Second Sons Trilogy
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy