![]() ![]() To seal an alliance, he sends the royal hostage Ana to marry a chieftan in the north, with his bodyguard and spy Faolan leading her escort.This is possibly Marillier's best work to date, and is certainly her most surprising. Five years after the end of The Dark Mirror, King Bridei is on the verge of driving the Gaels out of his territory. This review contains spoilers.At long last, after the cancelation of the trade paperback release for unknown reasons (the representative of Tor whom I spoke with at the American Library Association convention certainly seemed surprised), this book is out in an American paperback edition in mass market format. #THE BLADE GODDESS CHRONICLES ORIGINS SOFTWARE#She fears Faolan, but he may prove to be the truest thing in her world.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. The more Ana tries to uncover the truth of her new life, the more she discovers a maze of polite diversions that mask deadly lies. #THE BLADE GODDESS CHRONICLES ORIGINS FULL#Then, when she arrives at the chieftain Alpin's stronghold in the mysterious Briar Woods, her discomfort and unease increase tenfold, for this is a place of full of secrets and her betrothed is an enigma himself. Bridei implores Ana to trust see the good in Faolan…but Ana cannot see beyond his cold competence and killer's eyes. ![]() And so she will travel north, to make a strategic marriage with a chieftain she has never seen, in the hopes of gaining an ally on whom Bridei's victory relies.įor secrecy's sake, Ana must travel at a soldier's pace, with a small band led by the enigmatic spymaster Faolan. Despite being a pawn of fortune, she has bewitched all at court and is dearly loved by Bridei and his queen. A princess of the Light Isles, she has dwelt as a hostage at the court of Fortriu for most of her young life. And so, with his land secure and his house in order, he prepares for war.Īnd one of Bridei's plans to win the war to come involves the beautiful young Ana. Bridei is determined to drive the Gaelic invaders from his lands once and for all. ![]() Five years, in which the people have felt a contentment unknown for generations.īut the security of a people can vanish in a heartbeat, for wolves are often drawn to fields filled with fattened sheep. Here, now, and alwys, there be dragons.Blade of Fortriu is the second book in Juliet Marillier's Bridei Chronicles.įive Winters have passed since young king Bridei ascended the throne of Fortriu. Hanging over it all, a once comfortingly familiar song exhorts them relentlessly, inescapably to push ever deeper into a night that never ends, even as something at the center of the web stirs restlessly on its gleaming hoard of possibilities. The journey leaves them stranded in a tangled web of time with a deadly rogue's gallery of psychopaths and other monsters. Then one tiny glimmer of redemption finally offers itself-a chance to safeguard a little girl with a very familiar ambition-only to lead her further down the rabbit hole. Now she's alone with her nightmares on the road she paved with all those good intentions. She was good at it, too, until the first time she came face-to-face with real monsters. Meilani always wanted to be a monster hunter for the Inquisition. Whether or not the woman in red is the real Bloody Scarlet, the closer Keely gets to the dark, twisted heart of the forest the more quickly things spiral out of control. When Keely builds her lies on existing rumors, though, and points the hunt in the direction of the Crimson forest, a new player introduces herself to the high stakes con game as a deadly wild card. To set it up for a fall she lures the Inquisition into an invented race to find a heretical book of prophecy that may never have existed. When the Inquisition shows up to destroy her life anyway, Keely goes on the offensive rather than scurry back into the shadows. In a world dominated by a cruel Inquisition that sees demons and witches everywhere it turns, Keely just wants to make a dishonest living convincing the obscenely wealthy to part with their excess riches through guile and trickery. Bloody Scarlet, the skull collector of the Crimson Forest, is just a cautionary tale to keep children from wandering in and getting lost - isn’t she? Well something’s out there. ![]()
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