Peril’s Gate

Third Book of the Alliance of Light

Janny Wurts author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:5th Jun '02

Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 17th November 2024, but could change

Peril’s Gate cover

Where there is light, there must always be shadow! The fourth volume in Janny Wurts's spectacular epic fantasy, now re-released with a striking new cover design along with the rest of the series. / The sixth volume of Janny Wurts's popular epic fantasy series, reissued in a stunning new package to introduce her to a new generation of fans. / The eighth volume in The Wars of Light and Shadow, 'Stormed Fortress' will be released in trade paperback this month. The full series will now be available in striking matching livery. / By the co-author, with Raymond E. Feist, of the bestselling Empire series. / Competition: Robin Hobb, Katharine Kerr, Robert Jordan

Where there is light, there must always be shadow… The fourth volume in Janny Wurts’s spectacular epic fantasy, now re-released with a striking new cover design along with the rest of the series.

Where there is light, there must always be shadow… The fourth volume in Janny Wurts’s spectacular epic fantasy, now re-released with a striking new cover design along with the rest of the series.

The curse that hangs over the Master of Shadow, Arithon, and Lord of Light, Lysaer, is drawing the two half-brothers ever closer towards direct conflict. For the Natural Balance to be maintained, the two must never fight. If they do, one is sure to perish and the Mistwraith will regain its evil power over their world.

Even now, Lysaer – convinced of his own godhead and aided by the treacherous Koriani Sisterhood – is tracking Arithon the Masterbard through the snows and wastes of the winter-locked mountains and the Barrens of Daon Ramon. Arithon is tortured by the knowledge that for the sake of future generations he must not be killed, no matter the cost of others’ lives now. Fighting valiantly to prevent unnecessary suffering, he strikes out on his own; but he is injured and failing fast.

Meanwhile, the ancient Paravians are stirring, summoned by trespassers on their sacred domain; and the Fellowship of Seven are battling on many other fronts, as the Mistwraith’s wards begin to break, and khadrim and free wraiths roam the land…

Praise for the Wars of Light and Shadow:

‘Astonishingly original and compelling… A gifted creator of wonder’ Raymond E Feist

‘Janny Wurts builds beautiful castles in the air … where every detail is richly imagined and vividly rendered’ Diana Gabaldon

‘It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent’ Stephen Donaldson

ISBN: 9780007101085

Dimensions: 178mm x 111mm x 44mm

Weight: 440g

784 pages