Mark T. Barnes: The Garden of Stones

The Garden of Stones


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Shortlisted for the 2014 Gemmell Morningstar Award Best Debut Novel An uneasy peace has existed since the fall of the Awakened Empire centuries ago. Now the hybrid Av n share the land with the people they once conquered: the star-born humans; the spectral, undead Nomads; and what remains of the Elemental Masters. With the Empress-in-Shadows an estranged ghost, it is the ancient dynasties of the Great Houses and the Hundred Families that rule. But now civil war threatens to draw all of Shr an into a vicious struggle sparked by one man s lust for power, and his drive to cheat death.Visions have foretold that Corajidin, dying ruler of House Erebus, will not only survive, but rise to rule his people. The wily nobleman seeks to make his destiny certain by plundering the ruins of his civilization s past for the arcane science needed to ensure his survival, and by mercilessly eliminating his rivals. But mercenary warrior-mage Indris, scion of the rival House Nasarat, stands most powerfully in the usurper s bloody path. For it is Indris who reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing man, the only one able to steer the teetering nation towards peace."


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Author: Mark T. Barnes
Number of Pages: 506 pages
Published Date: 21 May 2013
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Publication Country: Seattle, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781611098938
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