The Ruins of Ambrai
by:
Melanie Rawn (author)
Fleeing persecution to build a free colony on the planet Lenfell, the magic-wielding Mageborns find their new home torn apart by civil war between the Mage Guardians and the Lords of Malerris. Reprint.
Fleeing persecution to build a free colony on the planet Lenfell, the magic-wielding Mageborns find their new home torn apart by civil war between the Mage Guardians and the Lords of Malerris. Reprint.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780886776688 (0886776686)
Publish date: November 1st 1995
Publisher: DAW
Pages no: 836
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
Adult,
Politics,
Heroic Fantasy,
Sword And Sorcery
Series: Exiles (#1)
Sigh. I love it when an author takes the time to build a complex, interesting world. But in this one, it's so complex that at times the plot gets drowned out by the explainitis going on from the writer -- this was a book that was gorgeous in tone, and in language, but really needed an editor to trim...
When a couple chooses opposite sides in a coup, their three children are torn apart and raised separately. All are female; all are mageborn. The eldest pursues power at any cost; the middle child pursues justice through politics, and the youngest joins the resistance. I was impressed that even th...
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