The carriage drew closer to Booksellers’ Row, and Beatrice Clayborn drew in a hopeful breath before she cast her spell. Head high, spine straight, she hid her hands in her pockets and curled her fingers into mystic signs …
Two nights before she was sent to the Wolf, Red wore a dress the color of blood.
It cast Neve’s face in crimson behind her as she straightened her twin’s train. The smile her sister summoned was tentative …
“Anything coming to kill us yet?”
Ashe tossed the question to me from her perch on a low stone column at the near end of the bridge. The cold light of the luminaries caught sparks in her eyes.
I …
ONE
“This one might be trouble.”
She heard one of them say this, only ten or so metres away in the darkness. Even over her fear, the sheer naked terror of being hunted, she felt a shiver of excitement, of …
From Chapter One
Border Territory,
Secondling Kingdom,
Girdlegard,
Winter, 6233rd Solar Cycle
Tens of hundreds of tiny grains of sand pelted their helms, shields, mail, and every inch of unprotected flesh.
Battered by the gusts, the brave band of dwarves …
Chapter 1
Symir. The Drowning City.
An exile, perhaps, but at least it was an interesting one.
Isyllt’s gloved hands tightened on the railing as the Black Mariah cleared the last of the Dragon Stones and turned toward the docks, …
With the holidays coming up (or already upon us, depending on the holidays you observe), it’s typical that at this time of year our thoughts begin to turn to rituals, worship, and theology more and more. And, as we watch …
B is for Bakker, the author of the groundbreaking Prince of Nothing trilogy, who now returns to the world of Earwa with the first book of The Aspect-Emperor, The Judging Eye.
For readers who haven’t heard the buzz…
Over the last few years, R. Scott Bakker has established himself at the forefront of the epic fantasy genre, known not just for his tales of grand battles, dangerous intrigue and explosive sorcery, but also for his detailed worldbuilding and …
