Bøger af Michelle Sagara West

For the first time in one volume, The Sacred Hunt Duology contains Michelle West's Hunter's Oath and Hunter's Death, the two novels that began the epic fantasy tale of Essalieyanese Empire. "This duology is thick, complicated epic fantasy at its finest." ―Felicia Day, author of You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)Hunter's OathWhen the covenant was made with the Hunter God, all who dwelt in Breodanir swore to abide by it. The Hunter Lords-and the hunting dogs to which their minds were attuned-would seek out game in the God's woods to provide food for their people, and the Hunter God would ensure that the Hunters, the land, and the people prospered. But in payment, once a year the Sacred Hunt must be called, the God's own Hunt in which the prey became one of the Lords, or his huntbrother-the companion chosen from the common folk to remind each Lord of his own ties to humanity. It was the Oath pledged in blood by Gilliam of Elseth and the orphan boy Stephen-and the fulfillment of that Oath would lead them to the kind of destiny from which legends were made.... Hunter's DeathAveralaan, that most ancient of cities, had long been the home of magics both dark and bright. For the site where this most civilized city of mortals new stood had once been a dread place indeed, a citadel of evil ruled by the Lord of Hell. Only through the greatest of sacrifices had he been cast back into his own dimension. But now, trouble was once again stirring in the hidden byways of Averalaan. Blessed or cursed by their Hunter God and gifted with his most unique creation, the Hunter Lord Gilliam and his huntbrother Stephen were about to do the unthinkable. Guided by the seer Yvaine, they would journey beyond the borders of their kingdom, something no Hunter Lord had ever done. For only in Averalaan could they find their true destiny, even if it meant facing the Dark Lord himself....

Erin of Elliath returns in this conclusion to the epic saga from a Compton Crook Award nominee. Erinformerly Lady Sara, and now the legendary Lady of Mercy to the slaves of the Dark Empirehas just helped Renar, the rightful heir to the throne of Marantine, reclaim his kingship from an usurper. With the power of the Bright Heart waning under the growing shadows of the Dark Heart, Erin and her friends must once again journey back into the Dark Empire, where High Priests battle for supremacy and the First of the Sundered, Lord Stefanos, awaits the return of his Lady Sara. In this final volume of the series, the old ways of the Light Heart and the Dark Heart will be changed forever.

A warrior and healer continues her struggle against the forces of evil.... The harrowing tale of Erin Elliath continues in this novel of the battle between good and evil. When Erin rejects her position as Lady Sara, wife to the First Servant of the Dark Heart, she escapes from her husband's lands with the help of Darin, the Patriarch of Culverne and the last of his line. After combining forces with the deposed prince of Marantine and a mysterious old manwho has magic skills that neither Erin or Darin can identifythe foursome hatch a plan to wrestle control of the usurped kingdom of Marantine away from the priests of the Dark Heart. Meanwhile, Erin continues to struggle with her part in the betrayal of her people, the deaths of her most beloved friends, and her feelings for the man who doomed them for her sake...