The Covenant Rising
Book One of the Dreamtime
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 13, 2009
In a land where magic defines the social order, the ruling tyrants alone control the most powerful sorcery ...
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- Who it’s for
- A dark fantasy where magic is power, and a warrior’s search for freedom runs into conspiracy.
- Themes
- Vengeance, Tyranny and sorcery, Conspiracy
- Genres
- Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure, Dark Fantasy
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In a land where magic defines the social order, the ruling tyrants alone control the most powerful sorcery ... One of the last of a massacred race of warriors -- an unparalleled swordsman magically afflicted by spells of blind, uncontrollable rage -- Reeth Caldason wanders Bhealfa seeking vengeance ... and freedom from his strange malady.
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Now word has come from a sorcerer's apprentice of a mysterious Covenant in the capital city, a secretive society that may provide the escape Reeth desires. But forming an uneasy alliance with the youthful messenger could ultimately prove disastrous -- for the road they musttravel together leads into the sordid heart of a perilous conspiracy of treachery, tyranny, necromancy, and death.
Power and Sorcery
A dark fantasy where magic is power, and a warrior’s search for freedom runs into conspiracy.
Come here for
- Magic bound up with social power
- A vengeance quest tangled in tyranny and necromancy
Expect
- A warrior wrestling with uncontrollable magical rage
- An uneasy alliance on a perilous road
Where it sits
| Epic Fantasy | 61% |
|---|---|
| Fantasy Adventure | 54% |
| Dark Fantasy | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy
- Epic Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy
- Fantasy Adventure
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- Authors
- Stan Nicholls
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Vengeance · Tyranny and sorcery · Conspiracy
- Reading lane
- Fantasy