By Sara Douglass
Epic myth within the culture of Trudi Canavan, Fiona McIntosh and Robert Jordan. one thousand years in the past, the folks of Achar drove the Forbidden from their lands. yet now the northern tribes of the Ravensbund are fleeing south back, with nightmarish stories of creatures who feed upon the phobia in their prey. wintry weather has come early, and with it the promise of struggle. Axis, bastard son of the lifeless Princess Rivkah, is shipped north to the battlefront at Gorkenfort together with his elite Axe-Wielders. as soon as there, he needs to give up command to his hated half-brother, Borneheld, Duke of Ichar and inheritor to the throne. yet through the lengthy trip Axis falls in love with Faraday - Borneheld's betrothed - and reveals himself reassessing the very essence of his ideals. With the destiny of the realm striking within the stability, Axis needs to unite the feuding lands lower than one banner sooner than it really is too past due and the evil emerging within the north engulfs all of them for sturdy.
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