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Book of Elita
1998-2000
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novel
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2000...
2000
Black Eagle Rising
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'When Robert Douglas wielded the Word, the sorcerer Nash was grievously wounded, his Malachi army destroyed and Elita almost razed to the ground. And while Robert has spent the last five years in hiding, Nash has been draining the lifeblood from magic-users to regain his own powers and to strengthen the unholy Bond that ties the usurper King Selar ever closer to him. Robert, reviled the length and breadth of the land as a sorcerer, has not been idle in his exile: he has been raiding the Guildehalls, repositories of what few texts on magic there are, to find ways to keep the Prophecy from destroying all he holds dear. And Jenn, though kept virtual prisoner by Tiege Eachern, her brutish husband, has had the solace of her son Andrew as he grows ever more in his father's image. But the usurper, King Selar plots to spread his iron rule even further, coveting Mayenne, his brother's kingdom. Eacherns plots to send Andrew from his mother so he can subdue his young, unwilling bride ... and Robert plots to raise an army and free his beloved country from the dual threat of Selar and Nash, the Angel of Darkness.' (Source: Kate Jacoby author website)
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Epigraph:
The sky is full of eagles, hawks, and I feel as if I'm one
I must climb high into the bitter cold air.
Higher, higher yet
As the world slips by, silent and deadly,
I see all
Higher, higher yet
My lungs bursting, I scream y defiant rage
And fall, fall to that silent earth
I have failed
But oh, oh, what a glorious failure.Jeffry A. McNair
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 222-227)
— Review of Inheritance 2000 single work novel ; Exile's Return 1998 single work novel ; Voice of the Demon 1999 single work novel ; Black Eagle Rising 2000 single work novel ; Medalon 2000 single work novel ; Aramaya 1999 single work novel ; The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 222-227)
— Review of Inheritance 2000 single work novel ; Exile's Return 1998 single work novel ; Voice of the Demon 1999 single work novel ; Black Eagle Rising 2000 single work novel ; Medalon 2000 single work novel ; Aramaya 1999 single work novel ; The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel
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