Empress - Softcover

Miller, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841496774 ISBN 13: 9781841496771

Verlag: Orbit, 2008

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Présentation de l'éditeur:

'Empress is an ambitious, impressive and intriguing novel' - Starburst

'A fine read and a fine start to what could be an exceptional series.' - The Contra Costa Sunday Times

When a scrawny, unwanted child - so lowly that she does not even have a name - is sold into slavery, a chain of events is set in motion that will have a profound impact on all the civilised world.

Naming herself 'Hekat' (after a slaver's observation that she is quite the hellcat), the girl is taken in chains to Mijak's largest city, but makes a bargain with a ruthless god and escapes her captors. After she saves the life of a warlord, he takes her in and teaches her ways that an orphan might use to prosper in an uncaring world.

When the warlord's family dies, the way becomes clear for Hekat to carve a dynasty out of infidelity and betrayal. . .

Empress is an epic fantasy of power, politics and the rise and fall of empires.

Books by Karen Miller:

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Series
The Innocent Mage
The Awakened Mage
A Blight of Mages

Godspeaker
The Riven Kingdom
The Hammer of God

Fisherman's Children
The Prodigal Mage
The Reluctant Mage

Tarnished Crown
The Falcon Throne
Prince of Glass

Présentation de l'éditeur:

In a family torn apart by poverty and violence, Hekat is no more than an unwanted mouth to feed, worth only a few coins from a passing slave trader.

But Hekat was not born to be a slave. For her, a different path has been chosen.

It is a path that will take her from stinking back alleys to the house of her God, from blood-drenched battlefields to the glittering palaces of Mijak.

This is the story of Hekat, precious and beautiful.

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• Verlag: Orbit
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1841496774
• ISBN 13: 9781841496771
• Einband: Broché
• Anzahl der Seiten: 688