Synopses & Reviews
The long-awaited sequel to The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After
Two hundred years after Adron's Disaster, in which Dragaera City was accidentally reduced to an ocean of chaos by an experiment in wizardry gone wrong, the Empire isn't what it used to be. Deprived at a single blow of their Emperor, of the Orb that is the focus of the Empire's power, of their capital city with its Impe-rial bureaucracy, and of a great many of their late fellow citizens, the surviving Dragaerans have been limping through a long Interregnum, bereft even of the simple magic and sorcery they were accustomed to use in everyday life.
Now the descendants and successors of the great ad-venturers Khaavren, Pel, Aerich, and Tazendra are growing up in this seemingly diminished world, con-vinced, like their elders, that the age of adventures is over and nothing interesting will ever happen to them. They are, of course, wrong . . . .
For even deprived of magic, Dragaerans fight, plot, and conspire as they breathe, and so do their still-powerful gods. The enemies of the Empire prowl at its edges, in-scrutable doings are up at Dzur Mountain...and, unex-pectedly, a surviving Phoenix Heir, young Zerika, is discovered--setting off a chain of swashbuckling events that will remake the world yet again.
Review
“ Delightful, exciting, and sometimes brilliant, Steven Brust is the latest in a line of great Hungarian writers, which (I have no doubt) includes Alexandre Dumas, C. S. Forester, Mark Twain, and the author of the juiciest bits of the Old Testament.”
--Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods
“ Brust is incapable of writing a dull book.”
--Booklist on The Paths of the Dead
“Theres at least one point in any Steven Brust novel when the story turns the lights on in your head, when you realize, not whats important to the characters, but whats important to you. Thats one of the reasons why Ill read anything Brust writes.”
--Emma Bull, bestselling author of War of the Oaks
“Watch Steven Brust. Hes good. He moves fast. He surprises you. Watching him untangle the diverse threads of intrigue, honor, character and mayhem from amid the gears of a world as intricately constructed as a Swiss watch is a rare pleasure.”
--Roger Zelazny, award-winning author of Nine Princes in Amber
Synopsis
Now in trade paperback, the opening volume of the three-decker sequel to The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After
Synopsis
Two hundred years ago, Adrons Disaster destroyed Dragaera City, killed the Emperor, and deprived the entire Dragaeran Empire of the ability to use sorcery. Its been a rough Interregnum. The children of the great adventurers Khaavren, Aerich, Tazendra, and Pel are growing up in a seemingly diminished world. Like their elders, theyre convinced that the age of adventures is over, and that nothing interesting will ever happen to any of them.
They are, of course, quite wrong….
About the Author
STEVEN BRUST is the author of the New York Times bestselling Dzur and Tiassa, among many other popular fantasy novels. He lives in Minneapolis.