Ga op een epische reis naar een rijk vol politieke intriges, oude magie en een duistere geschiedenis. Volg de verweven lotsbestemmingen van personages die proberen te overleven in een land verscheurd door conflicten en bovennatuurlijke dreigingen. Deze saga duikt in de diepten van de menselijke natuur, en verkent verraad, onwaarschijnlijke allianties en de strijd om te overleven. Het is een avontuur dat de grenzen van goed en kwaad op de proef stelt.
Shadowmarch begins Tad Williams' first epic fantasy trilogy since his best-selling Memory, Sorrow and Thorn . Rich with detail and exotic culture, and filled with a cast of characters both diverse and three-dimensional, Shadowmarch is a true fantasy achievement, an epic of storytelling by a master of the genre.
NOW,THE EPIC FANTASY CONTINUES WITH SHADOWPLAY ! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TAD WILLIAMS'S SHADOWMARCH WAS HAILED AS...
Darkness has fallen on the lands of the sun as an army of misshapen fey spill out from beyond the Shadowline. At their head is Yasammez, dark creature of nightmare. A furtive bargain was struck at the gates of Southmarch and the castle was spared, but centuries of enmity will not be so easily appeased. Meanwhile Barrick, heir to Southmarch and cursed with madness, has crossed the Shadowline into the realm of his people's ancient enemy. There are stranger things than death here - stranger and older. Much further south, shadow is also falling over the reign of the Autarch, god-king and supreme ruler. Quinnitan, junior wife, must flee the royal household or die, her greatest secret as yet hidden even from herself. Ancient blood flows through her veins and she will become a unique weapon in the fight against her greatest terror. And beyond the ken of all but a chosen few, the gods are awakening and the world is changing ...
An epic tale of magic and mystery, duty and betrayal, 'Shadowrise' is the third volume in Tad Williams' epic fantasy quartet.
With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland. But both families and nations must still find a way to reclaim their kingdom and rescue their home.