Under Heaven

Honour is beyond measure But its price may be an empire... For two years Shen Tai has mourned his celebrated father and lived like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire. There, by a mountain lake, the bones of the soldiers killed in great battles between the Kitai and the Tagurans lie unburied and their wailing ghosts strike terror into the living. Tai has laboured alone, laying to rest the mingled dead of both empires, until a letter arrives. It contains the promise of a poisoned chalice: Tai will be given two hundred and fifty Sardian horses by the Tagurans, legendary steeds from the far west, as a reward for his courage and piety. Now, Tai must try to return alive from solitude to a glittering, dangerous court. For to give a man even one of the famed Sardians is to honour him greatly; to give him so many is a reward which would overwhelm an emperor, and could be Tai''s death warrant.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Guy G. Kay, Guy Gavriel Kay, Kay Guy Gavriel
• Editore: Harper Voyager
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780007342105
• ISBN: 978-0-00-734210-5
• Pagine: 576
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 200 mm x 40 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy; Fantasy, FICTION / Fantasy / General