David Eddings
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First British Edition Harpercollins (2006) |
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The Younger Gods
With Leigh Eddings
’ Let me deal with the situation in Aracia’s Domain,’ Misty Lady continued. ‘It’s almost reached the point where she’d rather die than hand her Domain over to Enalla. We’ve got to get her under control, because she’s getting very close to total insanity. If she crosses that line, we’ll lose her … and if she’s a raving lunatic when she wakes up from her sleep-cycle, the entire Land of Dhrall will be at risk - and that risk will make the invasion of the creatures of the Wasteland look like some child’s game by comparison.’
As the time approaches for the Younger Gods to take their rightful places in the world...
The attacks of the dreadful insect queen known as the Vlagh have been repelled in three of the Elder Gods’ realms. Now, only the land ruled by the Goddess Aracia remains for the Vlagh to send her hordes to attack.
But while the Gods, their younger avatars and their human comrades have emerged victorious from all previous encounters, this time the Goddess herself may be their greatest foe - she craves worship and hates the idea of being replaced by a younger God when her time comes to an end ... and that time is approaching fast.
Volcanoes and floods, blue fire and fields of false gold, nothing has stopped the Vlagh from making new and improved creatures of the Wasteland that are too canny for the old tricks and pose an even bigger threat. With the Misty Lady controlling the Dreamers and Aracia out of control, the fate of the Land of Dhrall has never before been in such peril.
A magical, on-the-grandest-scale, action-packed, totally engaging and characterful fantasy novel from the bestselling authors David and Leigh Eddings.
`All the verve and pace we’ve come to expect’ The Dark Side
Praise for Eddings
'My ideal summer read' Irish Times
'Rich and inventive fantasy by the supreme masters’ Books Magazine
'Fantasy of the highest order… Pure pleasure’ SFX
‘Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings' Vector
‘The best-realised hero in modern fantasy' Daily Telegraph
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First British Edition Voyager (2000) |
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The Redemption of Althalus
David & Leigh Eddings
Here in a single volume is a completely new and self-contained epic from the modern masters of fantasy. The Redemption of Althalus is set on the grandest scale in an entirely new, magical world.
Althalus - burglar, armed robber and occasional murderer - is commissioned to steal a book by a mysterious cloaked stranger named Ghend. Althalus sets off to the House at the End of the World where the book is kept - after stealing Ghend's cloak; after all, winter is coming on.
At the House at the End of the World, in the same room as the book Ghend described, he finds a talking cat. What he can't find once he's in the house is the door by which he entered.
And Deiwos marked that awful edge with fire to warn all men back form Daeva’s abyss, and then he rested there in his keep and communed with his Book while time continued her stately march.
By the time he manages to escape - with the cat, Emerald, in the hood of his (Ghend's) cloak Althalus can read. He's read the Book of Deiwos, and discovered a tool mightier than the blunt instrument he once used to disable his victims. But there is another Book, written by the god Daeva who is the evil brother of Deiwos, and who is trying to unmake the world.
And Ghend lifted his face and looked upon Althalus with his burning eyes. And the eyes of Ghend seared at the soul of Althalus. And Ghend spoke then, saying, ‘It is of little moment, my thief. Run, Althalus, run, and I shall pursue you down the nights and down the years, and the Book shall avail you not, for I shall deliver you up to the throne of Daeva’
Emerald is in fact the sister of the two conflicting gods, and her intention is to use Althalus to stop Daeva returning all of them to primordial chaos. Althalus will teach her what she needs to know, which is how to lie, cheat and steal - 'Whatever works,' Emerald reflects - and in return she, more amazingly, will teach Althalus truth, justice and morality.
‘The forest was dark and tangled, and the sky was steely grey. Althalus had lost his way, though he could not remember exactly where he’d been going before… the hollow sound of wailing blotted out his thought… ‘she comes,’ the trees sang. ‘She comes,’ the vines replied. ‘Fall down before her in abject surrender!’
The existence of the world hangs in the balance in this fabulous and extraordinary story of The Redemption of Althalus... the rogue destined to steal the hearts and minds of readers.
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The Tamuli Omnibus
The Tamuli complete in one volume: Domes of Fire, The Shining Ones, The Hidden City
Trouble sweeps westward from the Tamuli Empire to disrupt not only the living of Eosia but the dead. Prince Sparhawk is called upon to help the Tamuli nations defeat horrific armies raised from the dust of the long-past Age of Heroes. Trolls, vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghouls and Ogres form a vast conspiracy to take over the Tamuli Empire. Most disturbing of all are reported sightings of Shining Ones amongst the hordes. Perhaps Cyrgon, the sinister god of the Cyrgai, has turned to the unspeakable arts of Zemoch magic in his war against the Tamuli Empire. Sparhawk and his queen Ehlana, with their extraordinary daughter Danae and a company of Pandion Knights, need all the skill, cunning, bravery and strength they can muster to turn the tide of evil...
'Sparhawk is the best-realised hero in modern fantasy' Daily Telegraph
'What separates the grown-up authors from the boys is the quality of the writing and David Eddings is one of the best' Western Mail
'A graceful, fluid style of storytelling rare in fantasy writers' Publishers Weekly
'Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings or as well... Eddings is at the top with the very best' Vector
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The Rivan Codex
Ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon
Illustrated by Geoff Taylor
The Rivan Codex is a book full of wonders. In its pages can be found the origin and the birth of the greatest fantasy epic of modern times which began with The Belgariad and continued with The Malloreon. Here for the very first time David and Leigh Eddings present the seminal texts on which they built their worldwide bestselling masterpiece. Its undeniable air of authenticity was forged in the beautiful writings that make up The Rivan Codex.
'The Rivan Codex is the definitive handbook to his fantasy domains by Eddings and his wife Leigh' Weekend Telegraph
About The Author
David and Leigh Eddings live in Nevada.
David Eddings was born in Washington State in 1931 and grew up near Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington and went on to serve in the US Army. Subsequently he worked as a buyer for the Boeing Company and taught college level English. High Hunt, his first novel, was a contemporary adventure story, but he soon began a spectacular career as a fantasy writer with his bestselling series The Belgariad. He consolidated his immediate success with two further enormously popular series, The Malloreon and The Elenium.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
The Younger Gods
(Harpercollins,
2006)
The Redemption of Althalus
(Voyager,
2000)
The Tamuli Omnibus
(Voyager Pbk,
1999)
The Rivan Codex
(Voyager Pbk,
1999)
The Younger Gods
by David Eddings
