<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Hightspall is dying. Every year the winters worsen, and the realm's protective magic disappeared with the traitor-king, Lyf, 2,000 years ago. Now Lyf is back, bent on wiping Hightspall off the map and rebuilding his ancient land anew.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Hightspall is dying. Every year the winters worsen, and the realm's protective magic disappeared with the traitor-king, Lyf, two thousand years ago. <p/>Now Lyf is back, bent on wiping Hightspall off the map and rebuilding his ancient land anew. Lyf also killed Tali's mother and now he is hunting Tali, for the master pearl she bears inside her holds the key to saving the realm -- or destroying it. <p/>Can Tali find Lyf before he tears Hightspall apart? And if she does, can she put aside her quest for vengeance to save her country? Or will Lyf cut the pearl from her and use its magic to plunge her world into perpetual darkness?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Praise for Ian Irvine: <p/>The complex cultures, detailed geography, and the palpable weight of history provide a solid background to an intense story...some truly original touches. --- <i>Locus <p/></i>Epic, non-stop action adventure. --- <i>Starburst <p/></i>A page-turner of the highest order...Formidable. --- <i>SFX</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ian Irvine</b>, a marine scientist who has developed some of Australia's national guidelines for protection of the marine environment, has also written twenty-seven novels. These include the internationally bestselling Three Worlds fantasy sequence (<i>The View from the Mirror, The Well of Echoes</i>, and <i>The Song of the Tears</i>), which has sold over a million copies, a trilogy of thrillers set in a world undergoing catastrophic climate change, <i>Human Rites</i>, and twelve books for younger readers, the latest being the humorous fantasy quartet, Grim and Grimmer.
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