Sean Russell píše napínavé historické romány, které čtenáře vtahují do světa námořních bitev a záhad. Jeho styl je plný detailních popisů a historické přesnosti, což vytváří živoucí obrazy minulosti. Russell se zaměřuje na psychologii postav a jejich morální dilemata v prostředí plném nebezpečí a intrik. Jeho díla jsou oslavou dobrodružství a lidské houževnatosti tváří v tvář nepřízni osudu.
Together in one volume, this two-part epic fantasy follows the new emperor of the ancient kingdom of Wa, Akantsu, and Lord Shonto, the brilliant leader whose influence could rally the Great Houses against the throne and wrestle the Empire from Akantsu's grasp.
Treachery and deceit run rampant throughout a devastated land, spawning dark alliances in the terrible war ignited by the enmity of two families. But unbeknownst to all, there are others who truly control the beleaguered kingdom's destiny—combatants emerging from eons of restless sleep to renew the bloody terror of a battle older than time.
The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the throne, and damned his realm to chaos. The cold-blooded conspiracies of the Renne and the Wills--each family desirous of the prize of rule--would sunder the one kingdom, and spawn generations of hatred and discord. Now Toren Renne, leader of his great and troubled house, dreams of peace--a valiant desire that has spawned hostility among his kinsmen, and vicious internal plots against his life. In the opposing domain, Elise Wills's desire for freedom is to be crushed, as an unwanted marriage to an ambitious and sinister lord looms large. As always, these machinations of nobles are affecting the everyday lives of the common folk--and feeding a bonfire of animosity that has now trapped an unsuspecting young Valeman Tam and two fortune-hunting friends from the North in its high, killing flames. But the closer Toren comes to achieving his great goal of uniting two enemy houses, the more treachery flowers. Nobles and mystics alike conspire to keep the realm divided, knowing that only in times of strife can their power grow. And perhaps the source of an unending misery lies before an old king's passing, beyond the scope of history, somewhere lost in a fog of myth and magic roiling about an ancient enchanter named Wyrr--who bequeathed to his children terrible gifts that would poison their lives...and their deaths. It is a cursed past and malevolent sorcery that truly hold the land, its people, and its would-be rulers bound. And before the already savaged kingdom can become one again, all Ayr will drown in a sea of blood
Born to an English father and a French mother, lieutenant Charles Saunders Hayden's career is damned by his ?mixed? heritage. Assigned to the HMS Themis , an aging frigate under the command of a captain reviled by his crew for both his brutality towards his men and his cowardice in battle, Hayden is torn between honor and duty, as the British navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power.
'Fire as she bears. Rake her, lads.' Winter, 1793. Newly promoted Master and Commander Charles Hayden's orders are to deliver the frigate HMS Themis to Lord Admiral Hood, whose fleet is sheltering in the Mediterranean. Only hours out of port, however, and the Themis is engaging with the French navy.
Roderick, il Cancelliere del Re, è riuscito a far eleggere un consiglio di reggenza guidato dal suo alleato principe Kori, che aspira solo a succedere sul trono al proprio padre, Wilam, legittimo sovrano di Farrland. I principali alleati di Sir Averil Kent, il grande pittore che si oppone ai suoi sinistri disegni di potere, sono dati per morti. Tutto sembra congiurare perché i cospiratori che inseguono il segreto dell’eterna giovinezza possano trionfare. Riusciranno a resuscitare gli antichi poteri dei negromanti del passato senza scatenare forze incontrollabili? Intanto il fronte stesso degli alleati di Roderick vacilla, con il ripensamento del governatore di Farrow, Lord Galton. Ma in realtà i destini dei popoli che si affacciano sul mare di Entide dipendono da una lotta senza quartiere che sta avvenendo nell’altro emisfero, sulla leggendaria isola di Varua, nell’arcipelago di Oceana: la lotta di Tristam Flattery contro se stesso e contro gli incubi indotti dai semi dell’Erbareale. Riuscirà il giovane naturalista a diventare padrone del suo destino e a non perdersi nel mondo onirico verso cui lo risucchiano i poteri della magica pianta dell’eterna giovinezza, l’insidiosa e rarissima “regis”? Una grande rivelazione attende Flattery: una inquietante scoperta sulla sorte del mitico esploratore Gregory e sulla vera natura dell’Erbareale! Fra colpi di scena, avventure, agguati e rivelazioni, si completa lo straordinario affresco fantastico di Sean Russell e la sua ineguagliata saga giunge finalmente a compimento.
Ayr scheint verloren, bis ein Kind erscheint, das die Zukunft des Reichs in sich trägt. Atemberaubende Fantasy für Fans von George R. R. Martin!
Esplorando il remoto ed esotico arcipelago di Oceana, il giovane naturalista Tristam Flattery scopre i ruderi di un´antichissima civiltà, e una tribù di misteriosi indigeni... In un crescendo di suspense e di avventura, Russell amplia l´arazzo di una saga ormai leggendaria, ambientata in un incantato mondo parallelo che vi conquisterà...
It is 1793. The thunder of cannon fire echoes across the English Channel, chilling the stoutest hearts ...The opening skirmishes of the French Revolutionary War send ageing frigate HMS Themis into waters swarming with enemy ships of the line.
