Book description
Aided by the powerful magic of Vagel, the evil Arch-Imager, the
merciless armies are marching against the kingdom of Mordant. In its
hour of greatest need, two unlikely champions emerge. One is Geraden,
whose inability to master the simplest skills of Imagery has made him a
laughingstock. The other is Terisa Morgan, transferred to Mordant from a
Manhattan apartment by Geraden's faulty magic. Together, Geraden and
Terisa discover undreamed-of talents within themselves-talents that make
them more than a match for any Imager . . . including Vagel himself.
Unfortunately, those talents also mark them for death. Branded as
traitors, they are forced to flee the castle for their lives. Now, all
but defenseless in a war-torn countryside ravaged by the vilest horrors
Imagery can spawn, Geraden and Terisa must put aside past failures and
find the courage to embrace their powers - and their love - before Vagel
can spring his final trap. Stephen R. Donaldson (1947 - )
Stephen Reeder Donaldson was born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. From the
age of three until he was sixteen he lived in India with his father, a
medical missionary, who worked extensively with lepers; it was here that
he conceived the character of Thomas Covenant. He was awarded the John
W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for his debut series, 'The
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever', which also won the
British Fantasy Award and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award.
He is the author of two subsequent Thomas Covenant series, the
'Mordant's Need' duology and space opera quintet 'The Gap', among other
works. He won the World Fantasy Award in 2000 for collection Reave
the Just and Other Tales
.
