Lynn Flewelling Livres

À la cour d'Orun, Tobin prend conscience de ses devoirs vis-à-vis de son peuple, mais aussi de sa féminité qui, malgré le déguisement que lui a permis la magie, s'affirme de jour en jour et manque de trahir sa vraie personnalité. Bravant l'interdiction du roi, elle forme en cachette des jeunes filles à l'escrime. Dans les campagnes ravagées par la famine, la résistance s'organise pour mettre fin au régime tyrannique du roi usurpateur et restaurer l'antique dynastie des reines qui redonnerait au royaume gloire et prospérité. L'heure de gloire de Tobin...

441pages. poche. Broché. Présentation de l'éditeur: Tant qu'une reine-guerrière sera installée sur le trône de Skala, le royaume connaîtra paix et prospérité. Ainsi le veut la légende. Après plusieurs siècles de matriarcat, un homme a cependant réussi à se hisser sur le trône, et sa première action a été d'éliminer toutes les futures prétendantes à la couronne pour favoriser son fils. Les calamités s'abattent alors sur le pays. Afin de protéger l'unique héritière encore en vie, une magicienne et une sorcière s'associent pour lancer un terrible sortilège, et transformer à sa naissance la jeune enfant en mâle, tuant pour cela son frère jumeau né en même temps. Mais l'esprit du bébé sacrifié a survécu et représente une dangereuse menace. Lynn Flewelling est aussi l'auteur de livres pour enfants. La réussite du Cycle Le Royaume de Tobin lui a immédiatement valu la reconnaissance de ses pairs. Robin Hobb a ainsi identifié dans cette brillante saga " un monde fantastique d'une profonde vraisemblance ", tandis que George R. R. Martin y a vu " Une ?uvre totalement captivante, qui vous accroche dès la première page et ne vous lâche pas avant la dernière. "

Sous le règne de l'usurpateur, le royaume de Skala a connu la famine, la peste et la défaite sur terre comme sur mer. Mais le temps de l'héritier légitime - une reine guerrière - est venu, et la prophétie du porteur de lumière peut enfin s'accomplir : tant qu'une fille de sang royal défendra et administrera le royaume de Skala, celui-ci ne courra aucun danger. Un feu magique a consumé l'enveloppe corporelle du prince Tobin et révélé dessous une adolescente au seuil de la féminité : Tamir, héritière légitime du trône, prête à le conquérir. Elle doit donc gagner à sa cause son peuple, son armée, et même ses plus proches amis et partisans, auxquels, sous son apparence masculine, elle a dû mentir durant toute son enfance. En outre, Korin, compagnon de jeu de jadis, prétendant rival à la couronne, fait peser sur Skala la menace d'une guerre civile. La magistrale épopée du prince Tobin prend, avec ce cinquième tome, un nouveau relief, confirmant le talent de Lynn Flewelling, conteuse chaleureusement saluée par Robin Hobb et George R.R. Martin.

Acclaimed author Lynn Flewelling brings her beloved Nightrunners series to a close—at least for now—with a thrilling novel of murder, mystery, and magic. The governor of the sacred island of Korous and his mistress have been killed inside a locked and guarded room. The sole witnesses to the crime—guards who broke down the doors, hearing the screams from within—have gone mad with terror, babbling about ghosts . . . and things worse than ghosts. Dispatched to Korous by the queen, master spies Alec and Seregil find all the excitement and danger they could want—and more. For an ancient evil has been awakened there, a great power that will not rest until it has escaped its otherworldly prison and taken revenge on all that lives. And only those like Alec—who have died and returned to life—can step between the worlds and confront the killer . . . even if it means a second and all too permanent death. Praise for Lynn Flewelling’s Casket of Souls “Full of intrigue and plots upon plots.”—RT Book Reviews

Seregil of Rhiminee and his companion, Alec of Kerry, attempt to save their land from an ancient evil, as Alec learns the shocking truth about his own shadowed heritage and he, Seregil, and a group of loyal companions are thrown into a deadly conflict with the ultimate evil

Dissolute nobles, master spies, and the unlikeliest of heroes, Alec and Seregil have survived exile, treachery, and black magic. But the road that lies ahead is the most hazardous they’ve ever traveled. For with enemies on all sides, they must walk a narrow path between good and evil where one misstep might be their last. Having escaped death and slavery in Plenimar, Alec and Seregil want nothing more than to go back to their nightrunning life in Rhíminee. Instead they find themselves saddled with Sebrahn, a strange, alchemically created creature—the prophesied “child of no woman.” Its moon-white skin and frightening powers make Sebrahn a danger to all whom Alec and Seregil come into contact with, leaving them no choice but to learn more about Sebrahn’s true nature.With the help of trusted friends and Seregil’s clan, the duo set out to discover the truth about this living homunculus—a journey that can lead only to danger or death. For Seregil’s old nemesis Ulan í Sathil of Virèsse and Alec’s own long-lost kin are after them, intent on possessing both Alec and Sebrahn. On the run and hunted, Alec and his comrades must fight against time to accomplish their most personal mission ever.

In the conclusion of the riveting Tamir trilogy, the future Queen of the realm must keep a deadly secret if her rise to the throne is to be without bloodshed or pain. Original.

Master spies Seregil and Alec are no strangers to peril. Their assignments, nightrunning for wizards and nobles, have led them into many deadly situations. But sometimes the greatest danger can lurk beneath a Traitor's Moon. . . .Wounded heroes of a cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec have spent the past two years in self-imposed exile, far from their adopted homeland, Skala, and the bitter memories there. But as the war rages on, their time of peace is shattered by a desperate summons from Queen Idralain, asking them to aid her daughter on a mission to Aurënen, the very land from which Seregil was exiled in his youth. Here, in this fabled realm of magic and honor, he must at last confront the demons of his dark past, even as Alec discovers an unimagined heritage. And caught between Skala's desperate need and the ancient intrigues of the Aurënfaie, they soon find themselves snared in a growing web of treachery and betrayal.

Still hidden in the guise of a boy to protect her true identity as princess and heir to the throne, Tobin must risk everything and betray her family ties to return the people of Illior to the old ways and to achieve her destined role as ruler of Skala, in the sequel to The Bone Doll's Twin. Original.

The Nightrunners are back in this gripping novel full of Lynn Flewelling’s trademark action, intrigue, and richly imagined characters. More than the dissolute noblemen they appear to be, Alec and Seregil are skillful spies, dedicated to serving queen and country. But when they stumble across evidence of a plot pitting Queen Phoria against Princess Klia, the two Nightrunners will find their loyalties torn as never before. Even at the best of times, the royal court at Rhíminee is a serpents’ nest of intrigue, but with the war against Plenimar going badly, treason simmers just below the surface. And that’s not all that poses a threat: A mysterious plague is spreading through the crowded streets of the city, striking young and old alike. Now, as panic mounts and the body count rises, hidden secrets emerge. And as Seregil and Alec are about to learn, conspiracies and plagues have one thing in common: The cure can be as deadly as the disease.