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Chimaera
Volume Four of The Well of Echoes
Ian Irvine’s epic Well of Echoes series reaches its shattering conclusion…
All resistance has been crushed. In a few minutes of overwhelming violence the Council’s air-dreadnought fleet has destroyed Fiz Gorgo’s defences. Xervish Flydd, Irisis and their allies have been condemned to die in a brutal aerial spectacle designed to reinforce Chief Scrutator Ghorr’s power and majesty.
Nish is their one remaining hope. But Nish is trapped in a burning watchtower, and hunted by both the scrutators and his former lover, Ullii, whose twin brother he accidentally killed. Before Nish can hope to rescue his friends, he must convince Ullii to spare him, then overcome the most powerful cabal of mancers in the world as well as the Council’s four hundred crack guards.
And even if he succeeds, to win the war the allies still have to defeat the scrutators and overthrow Nennifer, the corrupt Council’s dread bastion, before the rampaging lyrinx overwhelm all Santhenar.
`Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up’ Starlog
‘A page-turner of the highest order ... formidable’ SFX
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Alchymist
Volume Three of The Well of Echoes
The masterpiece of epic fantasy continues ...
The Node has failed, rendering humanity’s battle clankers and the Aachim’s constructs useless. With the battle lost, hordes of alien lyrinx are swarming from the tar pits of Snizort, intending to fall upon the survivors and destroy them to the last man.
Tiaan, crippled and unable to walk, is held prisoner by the vengeful Vithis, who is determined to extract her geomantic secrets at any cost. For his failings, Nish has been cast out and branded a traitor, while Irisis, accused of treason, is forced to flee for her life.
The fate of humanity is dependent on the survival of one wily old man, the Scrutator Xervish Flydd. But Flydd has been blamed for the defeat at Snizort and is condemned to die a brutish death as a slave - hauling ironclad clankers out of the battlefield mire until his heart bursts under the strain.
A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders’ Locus
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Tetrarch
Volume Two of The Well of Echoes
Santhenar is on its knees. War with the forces from beyond the Void shows no sign of ending, and there is worse to come. The Aachim have invaded with a fleet of formidable battle constructs and the price for their withdrawal is half the globe.
The future of the world now rests in the hands of just three flawed individuals: Tiaan, whose knowledge holds the key to a power that can yet destroy all foes; Nish who has sworn to bring the renegade geomancer to justice; and Irisis, whose, great talents are hidden even from herself.
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Geomancer
Volume One of The Well of Echoes
From, the bestselling author of The View from the Mirror quartet, Geomancer begins an enthralling new fantasy.
Two hundred years ago the Charon fought for their lives against the creatures of the Void. Hunted and afraid, the last of the Charon sought to cross the Forbidding and take refuge on the human world of Santhenar.
In the battle that followed the power of the Charon was broken and humanity saved - but every victory comes at a price . . .
For in that battle the Forbidding was destroyed. Now the forces that slaughtered the Charon have emerged from the Void, and Santhenar’s people fight a desperate battle for survival.
But there is yet hope. For in the Secret Arts there lies hidden a strength as perilous and deadly as anything the Void commands. And it is the destiny of one woman to wield that power - to become a warrior, a leader, a saviour . . . A Geomancer.
`Ian Irvine is a great find! He writes beautifully about a vast and intricate world that seems utterly real’ Kate Elliott
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The Way Betweene the Worlds
Once there were three worlds, each with their own people. Then, fleeing out of the void, on the edge of extinction, came the Charon. And the balance changed for ever.
The alliance has failed. There is a dark full moon on midwinter’s day - sign that the foretelling has come to pass. Karan is held captive in desolate Carcharon Tower. Karan’s lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her to the enemy.
Rulke the Charon is unstoppable now, and as the dark moon rises, he begins to open the Way between the Worlds. If he succeeds the world will be overwhelmed by the dread armies of the void ...
The Way Between the Worlds is the stunning conclusion to Ian Irvine’s bestselling tale of magic and adventure. It is a story destined to become a classic work of fantasy.
About The Author
Ian Irvine was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in 1950, and educated at Chevalier College and the University of Sydney, where he took a PhD in marine sciences in 1981. He has worked in a variety of jobs, including sweeping up in a cement factory, as a research assistant in microbiology and as an environmental project manager.
In the early 1980s Ian led several disastrous expeditions to Sumatra, which gave him many ideas for his books. He has spent too much of his life diving on filthy harbour bottoms investigating pollution.
Ian Irvine set up his own consulting firm in 1986, carrying out environmental studies for clients in Australia and overseas. He has worked in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Air expert in marine pollution, he has developed some of Australia’s national environmental guidelines.
Ian is married and lives in the mountains of northern New South Wales.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Chimaera
(Orbit Pbk,
2004)
Pbk Dec 04
Alchymist
(Orbit,
2004)
Orbit Pbk Oct 04
Tetrarch
(Orbit,
2003)
Orbit Pbk Feb 04
Geomancer
(Orbit,
2002)
Orbit Pbk Jul 03
The Way Betweene the Worlds
(Orbit Pbk,
2001)
Dark is the Moon
(Orbit Pbk,
2001)
The Tower on the Rift
(Orbit Pbk,
2000)
Chimaera
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