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The Ryel Saga — Carolyn Kephart
"Intricately layered and exotic"~Robin Hobb
"I fell in love with this book. The Ryel Saga is a poignant, touching, somber, and exhilarating read, all in one....To run your eyes over each word is a grand event by every definition of the word grand. Let it capture you, let it overwhelm you. Once you reach the end, you'll understand that you've undergone something rare, something beautiful, something you might only see two or three times in your life." ~The Journal of Always Reviews
“Masterful fantasy by an extremely talented author” ~In The Library Reviews
Critically acclaimed when first published in paperback a decade ago, the Ryel Saga duology WYSARD and LORD BROTHER is now digitally available in a revised and expanded second edition.
THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC joins WYSARD and LORD BROTHER in a single volume. It is available as an e-book and in paperback.
Lord Adept Ryel Mirai leaves the great Art-citadel Markul to rediscover the long-lost spell that will release his mentor from the wraithworld of the Void, but a malignant sorcerer likewise imprisoned has enlisted the aid of Ryel's strongest rival to find the spell first. Amid dangers, joys and temptations, Ryel encounters unlikely allies and unforeseen enemies, and learns that he may well gain all that he wishes...although perhaps not as he wished it.
Visit http://carolynkephart.com for the entire first chapter, print media reviews and more.
Note: The current emended second edition, revised March 2013, supersedes all previous versions of THE RYEL SAGA and should be regarded as the standard text of the novel.
*****
A blinding jolt seared the wysard's brain-core, and he grunted a cry as he crashed backward into the stiff-spread arms of cold Argane. At once the goddess enwrapped him with inexorable silver and stone. Caught and struggling, Ryel watched in pain-bleared impotence as Roskerrek leapt the dais-steps like a red panther, his feral eyes gleaming deathlust. The watching faces faded, the shouts silenced. Existence shrank to a pair of poisoned eyes, a lethal length of steel.
"Now I have you." Seizing Ryel by the hair, Roskerrek jerked the wysard's head back, baring the throat. "Now it ends."
*****
Kephart's latest novel is QUEEN OF TIME, contemporary magic realism/urban fantasy that takes the Faust legend in new directions. Her short fiction is available separately and as the collection PENTANGLE: FIVE POINTED FABLES.
About the author: Early life as a military brat gave Carolyn Kephart an appreciation of nomadic lifestyles, a fascination with world cultures, and close-up insights into the warrior mentality and its manifestations, all of which influence her work. She loves things that nourish the spirit and widen the mind.
"I fell in love with this book. The Ryel Saga is a poignant, touching, somber, and exhilarating read, all in one....To run your eyes over each word is a grand event by every definition of the word grand. Let it capture you, let it overwhelm you. Once you reach the end, you'll understand that you've undergone something rare, something beautiful, something you might only see two or three times in your life." ~The Journal of Always Reviews
“Masterful fantasy by an extremely talented author” ~In The Library Reviews
Critically acclaimed when first published in paperback a decade ago, the Ryel Saga duology WYSARD and LORD BROTHER is now digitally available in a revised and expanded second edition.
THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC joins WYSARD and LORD BROTHER in a single volume. It is available as an e-book and in paperback.
Lord Adept Ryel Mirai leaves the great Art-citadel Markul to rediscover the long-lost spell that will release his mentor from the wraithworld of the Void, but a malignant sorcerer likewise imprisoned has enlisted the aid of Ryel's strongest rival to find the spell first. Amid dangers, joys and temptations, Ryel encounters unlikely allies and unforeseen enemies, and learns that he may well gain all that he wishes...although perhaps not as he wished it.
Visit http://carolynkephart.com for the entire first chapter, print media reviews and more.
Note: The current emended second edition, revised March 2013, supersedes all previous versions of THE RYEL SAGA and should be regarded as the standard text of the novel.
*****
A blinding jolt seared the wysard's brain-core, and he grunted a cry as he crashed backward into the stiff-spread arms of cold Argane. At once the goddess enwrapped him with inexorable silver and stone. Caught and struggling, Ryel watched in pain-bleared impotence as Roskerrek leapt the dais-steps like a red panther, his feral eyes gleaming deathlust. The watching faces faded, the shouts silenced. Existence shrank to a pair of poisoned eyes, a lethal length of steel.
"Now I have you." Seizing Ryel by the hair, Roskerrek jerked the wysard's head back, baring the throat. "Now it ends."
*****
Kephart's latest novel is QUEEN OF TIME, contemporary magic realism/urban fantasy that takes the Faust legend in new directions. Her short fiction is available separately and as the collection PENTANGLE: FIVE POINTED FABLES.
About the author: Early life as a military brat gave Carolyn Kephart an appreciation of nomadic lifestyles, a fascination with world cultures, and close-up insights into the warrior mentality and its manifestations, all of which influence her work. She loves things that nourish the spirit and widen the mind.
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