Book description
Book Three of the ELENIUM is fantasy on a truly epic scale, in which
the Pandion Knight Sparhawk must finally use the power of the jewel.
Aided by the goddess Aphrael, Sparhawk and his band of companions have
recovered the magical jewel Bhelliom - the Sapphire Rose - from the cave
of the troll-dwarf Ghwerig. Now they have the power to wake and cure
Ehlana, the young Queen of Elenia.
But while they were seeking Bhelliom, great forces of evil moved into
the power vacuum left behind. The unholy triple alliance between Otha,
degenerate sorcerer-king of the Zemochs, the renegade Pandion Knight
Martel, and Annias, traitorous Primate of Cimmura, threatens to overrun
all of Eosia. In returning to Cimmura to wake Ehlana, Sparhawk risks
delivering the Sapphire Rose into the hands of his enemies, who will use
it to give the evil god Azash dominion over the whole world.
To stop them they may have to unleash the full power of the jewel, but
no one can predict whether the world itself will survive such an event.
THE SAPPHIRE ROSE is the gripping, brilliant conclusion to THE ELENIUM,
a panoramic tale of a conflict between good and evil that envelops an
entire continent. 'A graceful, fluid style of storytelling rare in
fantasy writing'
Publishers Weekly 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 Aircraft Company and taught college-level English. His
career as a fantasy writer, with his wife Leigh, has been spectacular.
