Book description
To The High Redoubt is an engaging, epic fantasy adventure written by
the creator of the widely-read series of novels about the immortal
vampire known as Le Comte de Saint-Germain. In his quest for power,
Bundhi, Lord of Darkness and stealer of souls, has taken family, vision
and freedom from Surata, the last surviving adept in tantric alchemy,
before selling her into slavery in a distant land. But he has
underestimated the depth of Suratas power and he could not foresee that
destiny would bring her a champion, Arkady, soldier of fortune and
destined hero. As their mutual trust deepens and the wellspring of power
from which Surata draws her magic is steadily revealed, the two form an
unbeatable force as they challenge their enemy in the very heart of his
empire. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is the first woman to be named a Living
Legend by the International Horror Guild and is one of only two women
ever to be named as Grand Master of the World Horror Convention (2003).
In 1995, Yarbro was the only novelist guest of the Romanian government
for the First World Dracula Congress, sponsored by the Transylvanian
Society of Dracula, the Romanian Bureau of Tourism and the Romanian
Ministry of Culture. Yarbro is best known as the creator of the heroic
vampire, the Count Saint-Germain. With her creation of Saint-Germain,
she delved into history and vampiric literature and subverted the
standard myth to invent the first vampire who was more honorable,
humane, and heroic than most of the humans around him. She fully meshed
the vampire with romance and accurately detailed historical fiction and
filtered it through a feminist perspective that both the giving of
sustenance and its taking were of equal erotic potency. A professional
writer since 1968, Yarbro has worked in a wide variety of genres, from
science fiction to westerns, from young adult adventure to historical
horror.
