Bøker utgitt av L. James Rice

The epic saga that began with the multi-award-winning Eve of Snows continues...In the 502nd year of Remembered Time, demonic Shadows of Man swarmed the Island of Kaludor through a planar gate, taking possession of humans with the hellish intent of destroying the species. The Silone clans who once dominated this wintry land fled south in a desperate migration, most traveling deep into the continent to discover a new home.Home. An idyllic city abandoned by its residents and free for the taking, its massive walls a defensive haven for a people harried by war. But security in paradise carries a price. Ghosts roam its streets and halls, fading in and out of existence with mysterious whispers. Threats, warnings, or everyday conversations? Whatever terrors they arouse, they pale to the news from the frontier where the Histê kings ready for invasion.Those who remained behind, intent on retaking Kaludor, plot a war of their own, but any battles they wage are pointless so long as the Gate allowing the Shadows into the mortal realms remains open. The courageous set out to test theories gleaned from ancient manuscripts to destroy the lesser Gate found in the Chanting Caverns, the very place the horrors began. With the aid of Woodkin and Colok there is rising hope, but the minions of the Queen of Shadow await their arrival. Need their arrival.Every hero must rise, every prayer must be answered, and every mystery must be solved if ever the people wish to Sunder the Crowns.

Awaking from death was just the beginning of Poleen's troubles.A good girl from an idyllic country village shouldn't find herself in a dark forest dead. But when her broken neck mysteriously heals, violence erupts, and she stands over her killer's body wondering if she was such a good girl after all.With her brother killed and her mother taken prisoner by a powerful trade guild, the source of her troubles points to a box of cigars. Exotic and rare, no doubt, but it wasn't worth her life. What secret does it hold that the rich and powerful are willing to kill and die for? More importantly, how can she leverage its worth to rescue her mother?Rumors of war with the Pirate Kings of Boboru swirl the politics of The Monsoon Straits as her pursuit for answers entangles her in a web of smugglers, pirates, sorcerers, secret societies, and her sweet mother's involvement with them all. She defies death time and again, but she knows her luck will run out. She needs the help and influence of a man Poleen has never met, her father, the Count of Mostul Ûbar.

The Award Winning Saga Concludes!The Silone clans survived to reach the Dragonspan Mountains bloodied but full of hope, but as wars end in the Tek Kingdoms, old enemies rise.In the north: Eliles struggles to make sense of a murder on Herald's Watch and discovers that she and her people are less alone than they ever imagined. Pikarn navigates the river to reach an island closer to Istinjoln, but finds a Broldun nemesis certain to make him re-earn the name Wolverine.In the South: Warlord Ivin Choerkin eyes the Tek Nations to the north as prayers for peace fade to war, but in the southern forests a new and mysterious foe rises. Meliu and Polus Broldun lead an army south to a pyramid known as Green Mountain to rescue Rinold and his patrol who were captured by a people known only as the yellow-eyes. But Green Mountain is a devil's rise where death awaits.Kinesee finds life as the Warlord Choerkin's bride exhilarating as she strives to earn military aid from the Eight Kingdoms and the Helelindin, but as she proves her worth, the more the Heretics of Rin want her dead. Solineus has discovered that Clan Emudar is alive and well but thousands of horizons from being any help. He sets out to reunite the clans, but along the way will find clues to his past and an Impossible Son.

Solineus rises from the drowning waters a second time, saved by the hand of a new friend: Morik of the Eight Kingdoms. Driven from his homeland by the demonic Shadows of Man, Solineus helped lead his people to a new frontier and the hope for peace, but this victory is one he won't be able to enjoy: A new life with his adopted daughters will have to wait. The Lady from the Blue won't tell him who he used to be, but promises to show him who he is, and who he will become, if he will bend to her will one more time. Solineus' pilgrimage will take him along the Holy Foundations of the Dragonspan Mountains, to the heights of mighty peaks, and to the depths of the deepest caves, as he sets the stones in the road to peace with the Kingdomers. His is a journey of dangers and discoveries, but only when he reaches the Gulf of Volgrâhar will he find his final destination and come face to face with himself.

Meliu survived the horrors at the Shrine of Burdenis, her scalp mangled by the Taken, but she braved her soul's eternity to rescue holy tomes. Escorted by Ivin Choerkin and the wardens, she found the legendary Codex of Sol, a book thought destroyed by the Clan Choerkin centuries ago. The Codex once brought holy war with its forbidden prophecies; its pages once again seem poised to change the destiny of a people. Seven days before the Eve of Snows, Meliu returned the Codex of Sol to Istinjoln Monastery. Six days later, Lord Priest Ulrikt entrusted her with a missive intended for a High Priest in Choerkin Fost. She departed soon after with Jinbin, three ponies, and two kegs of ale. An energy surges from the monastery not long after they ride from its gates, and the chill it brings to her bones is all too familiar: A Celestial Gate summoning demonic Shadows.She rides hard for Choerkin Fost, believing the message she bears is vital to the survival of her people, but on arriving no one meets her to take Ulrikt's message. Per the Lord Priest's orders, she opens the scroll. The command is shocking in its simplicity and intended for her all along: Flee Kaludor.

Five hundred years ago the world shattered, banishing the gods from the Sister Continents and stealing the memories of the mortal peoples in an event known as the Great Forgetting. In seventeen days the stars will align, and a religious cabal will summon the gods back to the realms of men. In the northern tundra priests search the Steaming Lakes, a place tormented by the Wakened Dead. Deep in the mountains, demonic shadows assail priests at a holy shrine. In the south, the clans know something foul is afoot, and dispatch warriors to seek answers, but instead they find horrors.A young priestess named Eliles stands in the heart of this conspiracy; on her shoulders rest decisions which could prevent a holy war or demonic genocide. Through lies, manipulation, and murder, everyone is on a seventeen day march to fulfill or defy prophecy; the world will end or begin anew, come the Eve of Snows.