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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: Oct 2010
Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - General
Retail Price: $7.99
Ages: 18 - 17 Pages: 784
Fourth in "an intense fascinating epic"* of high action and fantasy adventure.
Inda, fresh from his triumph on the battlefield against the Venn, takes his place beside King Evred as Harskialdna, the King's Shield. But the Venn are far from defeated and only Inda's fame is strong enough to inspire all the squabbling kingdoms to unite and raise a force mighty enough to protect the strait and repel the enemy. Evred has also ordered Inda to take over the strait once the battle is won, but Inda, a former pirate, knows that this is a very bad idea. Now Inda must choose between obeying his liege-or committing treason.
What do you do when you have made a promise but now realize that keeping that promise would be the destruction of your world and self? Does Inda have the courage to do what he thinks is right? I grieved for days after finishing this book. I was sad to be leaving a world and characters that I had come to love. This book ties everything together and has an ending that was the only one possible. Once again, I can only say that I loved it.