By Madeline Howard
Greater than a century in the past, the cataclysmic fight among the wizards and the mages resulted in their mutual destruction -- leveling nice towns and decreasing grand palaces to airborne dirt and dust. From the sizeable graveyard that remained, the Empress Ouri?na rose as much as proclaim herself the Divine Incarnation of the Devouring Moon—ruling her wasted realm with the blackest sorcery; turning her monks from males to monsters and environment them unfastened to enslave or smash all who may oppose her. yet now symptoms and portents trace of a champion—a younger woman, hidden and gifted, who's destined to finish Ouri?na's poor reign. And now a courageous band of heroes needs to find their savior princess—even if it skill being pursued to the ends of the area by means of the withering fury of the darkish goddess herself.
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The Hidden Stars 51 Horses screamed, the priests turned to flee; Éireamhóine had only enough time to wrest the infant from her nurse’s arms, to shout an unintelligible word in Luenil’s ear, before the great wave of snow and ice and earth and stones came sweeping down. It caught them all, it crushed them, tumbled them, stifled them, buried them in chaos. Bones broke; eyes and ears and mouths filled with snow; spirits went shrieking off into the night. Then there was only a long white silence. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— k BOOK TWO k (NINETEEN YEARS LATER) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 k T he air reeked of blood and smoke and heated iron.
K BOOK TWO k (NINETEEN YEARS LATER) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 k T he air reeked of blood and smoke and heated iron. Sindérian made her way slowly but deliberately across the courtyard, through the confusion of men and warhorses, wading ankle deep in the dirt, snow, straw, and horse urine they had churned into mud. As tall as any of the men, she moved easily and fearlessly among them. This turmoil was nothing new.
She arrived in Cuirglaes only six weeks ago, a young widow with a tragic past. I think she would be willing to begin her life over again in a far country. I suggest that you speak to her, Lord King, Master Wizards. ” 3 k D awn came, grey and chilly, with a driving sleety rain. King Réodan’s escort took refuge down in the pinewood, out of the wind and the worst of the weather. From her vantage point at one of the arrow-slit windows, Sindérian could see a line of smoky small campfires glowing red between the trees, and hear the stamping and whuffling of horses.