ISBN: 0356507777 9780356507774

Category: Fiction / Fantasy / General

Page count: 693

<p><b>'A</b> <b>storytelling assurance rare for a debut . . . Fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire'</b> <i>Guardian</i><b><br> <br> AS DESTINY CALLS, A JOURNEY BEGINS</b><br> <br> It has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their own powers.<br> <br> As a young Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. He and others like him are despised. But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden powers of the Augurs, he sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything.<br> <br> To the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian's wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is . . .<br> <br> And in the far north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated, begins to stir.<br> <br> <b>The Licanius trilogy:</b><i><br> The Shadow of What Was Lost<br> An Echo of Things to Come<br> The Light of All That Falls</i><br> <br> <b>'Wonderful worldbuilding and terrific characters'</b> <i>Boingboing.net<br> <br></i><b>'Will appeal to anybody looking for a coming-of-age fantasy tale with likeable characters and strong worldbuilding'</b> <i>Fantasy Faction<br> <br></i><b>'Love the Wheel of Time? This is about to become your new favourite series'</b> <i>Barnes & Noble SF and Fantasy Blog<br> <br></i></p>