Guy Gavriel Kay Livres

Sur une toile de fond où s'agitent magiciens, nains, guerriers, héros et héroïnes ressuscités des mythes les plus anciens, cinq jeunes Torontois doivent mener à bien leur mission cruciale : pour Kimberly, tirer les morts de leur repos ; porter le cor magique pour Dave ; introduire son propre fil dans la trame de la Tapisserie ; pour Paul, le Seigneur de l'Arbre de l'été, devenir l'agent d'une destinée immémoriale pour Jennifer et, pour Kevin, découvrir enfin son rôle dans le combat qui sauvera peut-être du Dévastateur les univers de Tisserand. Deuxième volet de La Tapisserie de Fionavar , Le Feu vagabond propose une intrigue complexe où, petit à petit, se précise le panorama gigantesque de cette fresque, le grand Univers dont le nôtre n'est qu'une ombre bien pâle. Une réussite qui égale, voire dépasse, celle de L'Arbre de l'été.

Ils sont cinq, femmes et hommes, tous vivant à Toronto au Canada ; ils sont jeunes, étudiants ou déjà dans la vie active, tous rationnels. Or, les voici projetés dans Fionavar, le Grand Univers dont le nôtre n'est qu'une ombre bien pâle! Malgré la protection offerte par Mantel d'Argent le magicien, ils sont aussitôt pris dans les premières escarmouches de la guerre qui oppose les forces des Lumières à celles des Ténèbres. Car Rakoth Maugrim, le dieu renégat, a trouvé moyen de se libérer de sa prison millénaire... Avec dextérité, Guy Gavriel Kay tisse, dans LArbre de l'été, premier volet de La Tapisserie de Fionavar, une intrigue complexe et surprenante où surgissent tout à tour des esprits des bois et des eaux, des animaux surnaturels et une magie titanesque, celle des dieux de l'univers de Fionavar...

Quelque part au nord, dans des contrées sauvages, trois civilisations sont parvenues à un tournant de leur histoire. À bord de leurs vaisseaux-dragons, les Erlings mènent des raids sanguinaires contre les Anglcyns, contraints de s'allier avec leurs ennemis de toujours, les Cyngaëls, pour repousser les envahisseurs. Mais le vent du changement souffle sur ces terres hostiles où rien ne pousse. Thorkell le Rouge, Aëldred et Alun, les chefs de ces trois peuples que tout oppose, vont bientôt réaliser que leur survie dépend les uns des autres, tant leurs destins sont désormais étroitement liés. Malgré la présence bienveillante des fées de l'entremonde, est-on arrivé au dernier rayon du soleil ?

The thrilling sequel to Sailing To Sarantium and the concluding novel of The Sarantine Mosaic, Kay's sweeping tale of politics, intrigue and adventure inspired by ancient Byzantium. Beckoned by the Emperor Valerius, Crispin, a renowned mosaicist, has arrived in the fabled city of Sarantium. Here he seeks to fulfill his artistic ambitions and his destiny high upon a dome that will become the emerror's magnificent sanctuary and legacy. But the beauty and solitude of his work cannot protect his from Sarantium's intrigue. Beneath him the city swirls with rumors of war and conspiracy, while otherworldly fires mysteriously flicker and disappear in the streets at night. Valerius is looking west to Crispin's homeland to reunite an Empire - a plan that may have dire consequences for the loved ones Crispin left behind. In Sarantium, however, loyalty is always complex, for Crispin's fate has become entwined with that of Valerius and his Empress, as well as Queen Gisel, his own monarch exiled in Sarantium herself. And now another voyager - this time from the east - has arrived, a pysician determined to make his mark amid the shifting, treachearous currents of passion and violence that will determine the empire's fate.

Now King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy adding city after city to his realm, aided by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan - poet, diplomat, soldier - until a summer day of savage brutality changes their relationship forever.

Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world. The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud between its two most powerful dukes, the noble troubador Bertran de Talair and Urte de Miraval, over long-dead Aelis, lover of one, wife of the other and once heir to the country's throne. To the north lies militaristic Gorhaut, whose inhabitants worship the militant god Corannos and are ruled by corrupt, womanizing King Ademar. His chief advisor, the high priest of Corannos, is determined to eradicate the worship of a female deity, whose followers live to the south. Into this cauldron of brewing disaster comes the mysterious Gorhaut mercenary Blaise, who takes service with Bertran and averts an attempt on his life. The revelation of Blaise's lineage and a claim for sanctuary by his sister-in-law sets the stage for a brutal clash between the two cultures. Intertwined is the tale of a young woman troubadour whose role suggests the sweep of the drama to come.

On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small. One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped, she is trying to chart her own course-and is bent upon revenge. Another is a seafaring merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith, a moment that never leaves him. In what follows, through a story both intimate and epic, unforgettable characters are immersed in the fierce and deadly struggles that define their time. All the Seas of the World is a drama that also offers moving reflections on memory, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives-in the past, and today.

Crispin is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Summoned to Sarantium by imperial request, he bears a Queen's secret mission, and a talisman from an alchemist. Once in the fabled city, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, intrigues and violence, Crispin must find his own source of power in order to survive-and unexpectedly discovers it high on the scaffolding of his own greatest creation.

In a setting that evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China, Shen Tai has been sent a mysterious and dangerous gift: 250 Sardian horses in recognition of his service to the Emperor of Kitai. Wisely, the gift comes with the stipulation that the horses must be claimed in person--otherwise, he would probably be dead already.

Set against the backdrop of an epic war, five individuals from our world are drawn into a battle against an ancient evil in a richly crafted fantasy realm. As they navigate this colossal conflict, they must embrace their destinies and confront the challenges that come with their roles. The narrative weaves together themes of courage, sacrifice, and the interconnectedness of worlds, showcasing Guy Gavriel Kay's masterful storytelling and intricate world-building.

Guy Gavriel Kay, bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven, River of Stars and Children of Earth and Sky returns with yet another breathtaking epic.

In his novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China's Tang Dynasty. Now, he revisits that invented setting four centuries later, a world inspired this time by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty. Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life-in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later-and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor-and alienates women at the court. But when her father's life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars.

The final volume of Guy Gavriel Kay's remarkable fantasy series, reissued with the original cover art by Martin Springett.

With this rich, masterfully written extravaganza of myth and magic, the internationally acclaimed author of THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY trilogy has created an epic that will forever change the boundaries of fantasy fiction. Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered. But not everyone has forgotten. A handful of men and women, driven by love, hope and pride, set in motion the dangerous quest for freedom and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.

The extraordinary all-new epic fantasy from the beloved author of Tigana.

Set in modern and ancient Provence, this exhilarating, moving novel casts brilliant light on the ways in which history -- whether of a culture or a family -- refuses to be buried.

Der Widerstand gegen König Brandin wächst im ehemaligen Tigana. Als der Usurpator in grenzenloser Hybris schließlich nach der Krone der westlichen Halbinsel greift, bricht ein Krieg an allen Fronten aus. Für Valentin, den Hofnarren des Tyrannen, naht endlich die Stunde, um Rache zu nehmen für die Demütigungen seines Sklavendaseins und dem entmündigten Reich Tigana seinen Namen zurückzugeben...

Sarantium - verführerisch glitzernde Gefahr.Anfangs wollte Meister Crispin sich nur seinem kaiserlichen Auftrag widmen und die Kuppel des Tempels von Sarantium mit einem titanischen Mosaik schmücken. Doch die Stadt brodelt über von Gerüchten über eine Invasion seiner fernen Heimat Varena. Als Günstling des Kaisers sind ihm indessen die Hände gebunden, und so gleitet er immer tiefer in das Haifscihbecken namens Sarantium ...

Ein Rachefeldzug König Brandins macht das einst blühende Tigana dem Erdboden gleich. Schlimmer noch - kraft seiner magischen Talente löscht der Tyrann den Namen Tigana aus dem Gedächtnis der Menschheit. Nur jene, die das Massaker überlebten, erinnern sich an das ehemals stolze Reich. Einzig Alessan, Sohn des letzten Prinzen von Tigana, schart ein Fähnlein Aufrechter um sich und schmiedet Vergeltungspläne. Doch Verrat lauert selbst in den eigenen Reihen...

"Segel setzten nach Sarantium"Dieses geflügelte Wort steht in der Kaiserstadt für "Veränderung" und "Aufstieg". In einer Welt der Machtgier und Intrige sorgt der Mosaikmeister Crispin, der die Kuppel des Tempels mit machtvollen Mosaiken schmücken soll, dank seiner Unbestechlichkeit für tödlichen Aufruhr. Anschläge auf sein Leben verfehlen nur um Haaresbreite. Nichts aber kann den epochalen Ruhm seines Werks aufhalten ...

Entsetzt beobachtet Meister Crispin das Kriegstreiben des Kaiserreichs gegen seine ferne Heimat Varena. Doch am Tag des alles entscheidenden Wagenrennens in Sarantium bricht unversehens das Schicksal über die glanzvolle Dynastie herein und die prunkvollste Stadt der Welt verändert über Nacht ihr Gesicht ...

Sarantium - Stadt der Verlockung und des Untergangs. Der Bau eines gewaltigen Tempels soll das Lebenswerk Kaisers Valerius' krönen. Meister Crispin, der begabteste Künstler seiner Zeit, soll die Kuppel mit seinen legendären Mosaiken schmücken, und so tritt er die beschwerliche Reise in die Hauptstadt an. Noch ahnt er nicht, dass er schon bald in ein Haifischbecken aus Intrigen und des Mordes stürzen wird... Kay Gavriel Kay entführt den Leser in ein Byzanz seiner eigenen Schreibart. Ein Fantasy-Roman, der auch historisch-interessierte Leser interessieren könnte.