The Gate of FireTor Publishing Group, 1. apr. 2011 - 480 sider The Gate of Fire continues Tom Harlan's remarkable fantasy epic, following the increasingly dangerous conflicts both military and sorcerous. The sorcerer Dahak plots from his hidden citadel to regain the Peacock Throne. Prince Maxian, having raised both Julius Ceasar and Alexander the Great from the dead, now considers how to use them to free Rome from the curse of the Oath. Thyatis has fled with the widowed Queen of Persia to a hidden island; Dwyrin's thaumaturgic unit is shattered as Zoe discovers the destruction of Palmyra and, as its new queen, vows revenge against Rome. And in Mecca, Ahmet's friend and Palmyra's lieutenant Mohammed receives a vision, and a command, and the power to strive against the forces of darkness. |
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... dead legionnaire, his eyes still round with surprise, fell away, and Nicholas scrambled up. His right hand, slimy with sticky red mud, dragged the length of his long sword out of the gore covering the floor of the passage. Dark figures ...
... dead horses and scuttled forward. Behind him, in the street, was a confused melee. More Avars and Slavs poured through the gateway and piled into the Romans trying to hold the boulevard against them. Legionnaires atop the wall were ...
... dead man's shoulder with a long spear, catching Nicholas squarely in the left side of his chest. The spear point, a rusty iron wedge with a poorly forged brace running down the middle, ground at the center of one of the links of chain ...
... were the bodies of the dead, going to feed the fires that burned in the street the length of the Wall. A sickly sweet odor permeated the air, fueled by sizzling fat. Clenching his teeth against the pain, Nicholas leaned slowly forward.
... dead men and your other servants. That has nothing to do with me—I am your property, a slave, a convenience when you are lonely or in need of comfort. Up here, I can find some space for myself, some peace.” She dropped her hand, though ...
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SOMEWHERE IN THE MARE AEGEUM | |
MAKKAH ARABIA FELIX | |
THE ISLAND OF THIRA SOMEWHERE IN THE KYKLADES | |
ANTIOCH ROMAN SYRIA MAGNA | |
THE CRYPTS OF ALAMUT | |
THE ZAMZAM SOUTHERN ARABIA FELIX | |
THE RUINS OF PALMYRA SYRIA COELE | |
THE HOUSE DORELIO THE QUIRINAL HILL ROMA | |
THE RUINS OF THE KABA NEAR MEKKAH | |
THIRA | |
THE HILL ABOVE PALMYRA | |
THE CAMPUS MARTIUS ROME | |