House Of Gaian

This powerful conclusion to the Tir Alainn Trilogy finds the Fae and the humans forming an unlikely alliance to stop the Master Inquisitor, who is determined to rid the world of female power and destroy anyone who opposes him, which forces them to seek help from the witches of the House of Gaian.

Zusatztext Praise for The House of Gaian Entertaining otherworlds fantasy adventure. Fresh and interesting. Science Fiction Chronicle Plenty of thrills! faerie magic! human nastiness! and romance. Locus Praise for Shadows and Light A vivid fantasy world...with creatures from legends and myth. Beautiful.BookBrowser Praise for The Pillars of the World Bishop only adds luster to her reputation for fine fantasy. Booklist Reads like a beautiful ballad involving two humans who believe love is the ultimate magical force in the universe....Fans of romance and fantasy will delight in this engaging tale.BookBrowser Provides plenty of thrills! faerie magic! human nastiness! and romance. Locus Fast-paced adventure! a winsome heroine! and a satisfying conclusion...Entertaining. Voya Informationen zum Autor New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Othersincluding Etched in Bone , Marked in Flesh , Vision in Silver , Murder of Crows , and Written in Red . She lives in upstate New York. Klappentext New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop presents the stunning conclusion to the Tir Alainn trilogy, where the world will be tested in an epic war... It began as a witch hunt. But the Master Inquisitor's plans to eliminate all traces of female power in the world have expanded to crushing the Sylvalan Barons who oppose him-and to destroying the wellspring of magic in the Mother's Hills. Faced with this evil, humans, witches, and the Fae become uneasy allies. But even together, they aren't strong enough to stand against the armies the Inquisitors are gathering. So they look for help from their last possible ally. The House of Gaian. The reclusive witches who rule the Mother's Hills. The witches powerful enough to create a world-or destroy one... Their long-held creed of "do no harm" is about to give way to more important one: Survive.Aiden studied her for a long moment. You could stay here with Ari and Neall. You don't have to go. Of course I do. I'm the Gatherer. I'm Death's Mistress. My place is on a battlefield. Morag sighed. I should have killed the Master Inquisitor when I had the chance. Maybe things would be different now if I had. Maybe, Aiden agreed. And maybe if you had, the battle would have come sooner, before we had any chance to meet it. I gave him a chance to leave, and to leave us be. I won't give him a second chance. I won't give any of them a second chance. Aiden shifted uncomfortably. None of the Fae?except Ashk?were comfortable with that aspect of her gift, but until last summer, it had been something that had been mentioned in old stories and songs. Unlike the other Fae whose gift made them Death's Servants, she could gather a spirit from one who was dying, not just from one who was already dead. And she could gather a spirit from someone who was very much among the living. She could ride through a village and leave nothing but corpses in her wake. It was one thing to know that was an aspect of the Gatherer's power; it was quite another to realize the person who wielded that gift was willing to use it. And she would use it. Had used it. By the time she'd found the Witch's Hammer last summer, she had killed all of the Inquisitors he'd brought with him to Sylvalan. She'd hoped that would convince him to leave Sylvalan and never come back, but that had been a foolish, futile hope. So the Gatherer would follow the Hunter into battle, and Death would be her weapon. Morag brushed he...

Praise for The House of Gaian

“Entertaining otherworlds fantasy adventure. Fresh and interesting.”—Science Fiction Chronicle
 
“Plenty of thrills, faerie magic, human nastiness, and romance.”—Locus

Praise for Shadows and Light

“A vivid fantasy world...with creatures from legends and myth. Beautiful.”—BookBrowser

Praise for The Pillars of the World

“Bishop only adds luster to her reputation for fine fantasy.”—Booklist  

“Reads like a beautiful ballad involving two humans who believe love is the ultimate magical force in the universe....Fans of romance and fantasy will delight in this engaging tale.”—BookBrowser 

“Provides plenty of thrills, faerie magic, human nastiness, and romance.”—Locus

“Fast-paced adventure, a winsome heroine, and a satisfying conclusion...Entertaining.”—Voya

Autorentext
New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Others—including Etched in Bone, Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.

Klappentext
New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop presents the stunning conclusion to the Tir Alainn trilogy, where the world will be tested in an epic war...

It began as a witch hunt. But the Master Inquisitor's plans to eliminate all traces of female power in the world have expanded to crushing the Sylvalan Barons who oppose him-and to destroying the wellspring of magic in the Mother's Hills.

Faced with this evil, humans, witches, and the Fae become uneasy allies. But even together, they aren't strong enough to stand against the armies the Inquisitors are gathering. So they look for help from their last possible ally. The House of Gaian. The reclusive witches who rule the Mother's Hills. The witches powerful enough to create a world-or destroy one...

Their long-held creed of "do no harm" is about to give way to more important one: Survive.

Zusammenfassung
New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop presents the stunning conclusion to the Tir Alainn trilogy, where the world will be tested in an epic war...

It began as a witch hunt. But the Master Inquisitor’s plans to eliminate all traces of female power in the world have expanded to crushing the Sylvalan Barons who oppose him—and to destroying the wellspring of magic in the Mother’s Hills.

Faced with this evil, humans, witches, and the Fae become uneasy allies. But even together, they aren’t strong enough to stand against the armies the Inquisitors are gathering. So they look for help from their last possible ally. The House of Gaian. The reclusive witches who rule the Mother’s Hills. The witches powerful enough to create a world—or destroy one...

Their long-held creed of “do no harm” is about to give way to more important one: Survive.

Leseprobe
Aiden studied her for a long moment. “You could stay here with Ari and Neall. You don’t have to go.”“Of course I do. I’m the Gatherer. I’m Death’s Mistress. My place is on a battlefield.” Morag sighed. “I should have killed the Master Inquisitor when I had the chance. Maybe things would be different now if I had.”“Maybe,” Aiden agreed. “And maybe if you had, …

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