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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... been smashed down with picks and hammers five years before, when the Emperor Heraclius had first arrived in the city. The space behind the Wall was filled with men, horses, wagons, and all the accoutrements of war. Nicholas.
Thomas Harlan. men, horses, wagons, and all the accoutrements of war. Nicholas picked his way down the impromptu hill onto the military street. He walked carefully, avoiding the notice of the masons and engineers that were coming and ...
... wagon, and a seep of blood pattered on the street as it passed. They 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 ...
... wagon up the pitch. Behind them, hundreds of men slowly followed—they were exhausted too, having pressed hard for a month or more to cross eight hundred miles of desert, desolate mountain, and forest. The wheels of the wagon just fit ...
... wagon rumbled to a halt, and the puffing breath of the mules ghosted through the chill air. On the broad seat of the wagon, a dark shape stirred itself and then stood. Deep black robes of silk rustled away from lean arms and a broad ...
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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 | |