The sequel to Bound in Blood and exciting sixth entry in the
Godstalker Chronicles by epic fantasy world-builder extraordinaire, P.C.
Hodgell. A droll heroine born to one day battle a world-destroying god
fights her way through deadly plots and challenges at a warrior's
academy to graduate and move forward to her destiny.
The sequel to Bound in Blood and exciting sixth entry in the
Godstalker Chronicles by epic fantasy world-builder extraordinaire, P.C.
Hodgell.
Jame is one of the last of the Kencyrath line, born to battle a
world-destroying Lord of Darkness and resuscitate her ancestral
heritage. Jame's youth was spent hard and low in a desert wasteland. Now
she has discovered her past and her heritage as Highborn--and, with it,
the power to call souls out of their bodies and slay the occasional god
or two (as well as to resurrect them).
First, though, Jame must survive the politics and dangers of haunted
Tentir College, a school for warriors where she's a student. At Tentir,
Jame saves a young protégé from possession by a powerful, evil soul in
search of a body, while combating jealous students who see her as a
danger to their ambition for power and want her expelled--and blinded
and dead, in the bargain! Then, just as graduation approaches, Jame's
exemption from the sacred laws of the tribe of her youth expires and she
is expected to wed immediately, plus take on a family. To make matters
worse, she's challenged to a mounted combat duel to decide who is Tentir
"top gun"--a competition she must win to graduation. It's trial by fire,
as Jame moves closer to a magnificent destiny she both fears--and knows
she must face.
**About P.C. Hodgell's Kyncyrath Series:
**
"P.C. Hodgell writes the most strikingly weird and wonderful stories in
epic fantasy today."--Charles Stross
"Hodgell has crafted an...intricate fantasy with humor, tragedy, and a
capable and charming female hero."--Library Journal
