For he alone can unlock the mystery that can save the world. Now, to preserve the lands of Navronne, Valen must face what he fled so long ago. Offered sanctuary in a nearby monastery, Valen discovers that his book-rumored to lead men into the realm of angels-gains him entry into a world of secret societies, doomsayers, monks, princes, and madmen, all seeking the key to the doom of the world. The rebellious son of a long line of pureblood cartographers and diviners, Valen has spent years trying to escape the life ordained for him. His own mother predicted how he would meet his doom-and her divination is nearly fulfilled when he winds up half-dead, addicted to an enchantment that converts pain to pleasure and possessing only a stolen book of maps. Author of Guardians of the keep, Revelation, Transformation, Breath and Bone, Flesh and Spirit, Son of Avonar, The spirit lens, Restoration (Rai-Kirah 3) It looks like youre.
Like much fantasy marketed as "adult" today, this well-written novel is suitable for readers as young as middle-schoolers, though some preteens may find it a bit too dark and slow for their tastes.The rebellious son of a long line of pureblood cartographers and diviners, Valen has spent years trying to escape the life ordained for him. At stake is not only the protection of an innocent boy sheltered at the abbey from greedy princes vying for control of their dead father's kingdom but also the entire world's salvation. On that same occasion, my mother, with all the accompanying mystery and elevated language appropriate for a prominent diviner, turned her cards, screamed delicately, and proclaimed that my doom was. After his family discovers him, Valen becomes resolved to learn the book's power. O n my seventh birthday, my father swore, for the first of many times, that I would die face down in a cesspool. The book is Valen's passport to sanctuary with the learned monks of Gillarine Abbey, who believe he can unlock its magic. ("Legend said it could lead men to the realm of angels"). Valen, who's also struggling with a kind of drug addiction called "doulon sickness," possesses his grandfather's magical book, Maps of the Known World ), the first of a pair set in the land of Navronne, her rebellious hero, 27-year-old Valen, has been hiding from his pureblood family of sorcerers for 12 years.
Roc, 15 (418pp) ISBN 978-8-2 At the start of this chilling fantasy from Berg ( Daughter of Ancients ), the first of a pair set in. At the start of this chilling fantasy from Berg ( Daughter of Ancients BUY THIS BOOK Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg.
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