The Twisted Citadel
by:
Sara Douglass (author)
The land of Ashdod has a mysterious past and a mysterious structure in the heart of the land...DarkGlass Mountain, an ancient pyramid. The Icarii Talon, StarDrifter SunSoar, wonders if DarkGlass Mountain could be a StarGate, a source of Icarii power. Meanwhile his son, Axis, is helping to lead...
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The land of Ashdod has a mysterious past and a mysterious structure in the heart of the land...DarkGlass Mountain, an ancient pyramid. The Icarii Talon, StarDrifter SunSoar, wonders if DarkGlass Mountain could be a StarGate, a source of Icarii power. Meanwhile his son, Axis, is helping to lead the military might of Isembaard as its tyrant, Isaiah, follows his own lonely journey. Maximilian, the King of Escator, and his estranged wife, Ishbel, ride alongside Axis...both of them obsessed with the impregnable citadel of Serpent's Nest. Also riding with Axis are the Lealfast, a peculiar race of Icarii from the frozen north. They are related in some way to the Skraelings, those terrifying creatures who can very, very quickly overrun a land and its people. But to whom do these Lealfast give their loyalty...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060882150 (0060882158)
Publish date: May 27th 2008
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Series: Darkglass Mountain (#2)
Felt like the middle of a series. The relationships are becoming more and more complicated and the stakes are rising. Ishbel and Maximillian are trying to work out their relationship and the problems with Ravenna and how their firstborn has been killed. It's interesting but definitely felt like a ...