Book description
They came to destroy! The treacherous Falcons, uniformed in the black
leather tunics of the fanatic Secular Arm, descended on Corlay to burn
and kill. Commanded by Lord Constant, ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, they
were determined to crush the religious heresy of Kinship. But a new
dream rose from the ashes.. When four Kinsmen escaped the carnage of
their beloved land, each helped to fulfill the miracle that had been
foretold: the coming of the Child of the Bride of Time. Richard Cowper
(1926 - 2002) Born John Middleton Murry, Jnr, the son of writer John
Middleton Murry, Richard Cowper was the pseudonym under which most of
his science fiction was published (he wrote four novels under the name
'Colin Murry'). He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War,
although he as lucky enough not to see combat. After the war, he read
Anglo-Saxon and English at Oxford. His works were shortlisted for the
Hugo, Nebula, British Fantasy and Locus Awards. He died in 2002, four
weeks after the death of his wife.
