Darkwar
Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · December 1, 2010
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- Who it’s for
- A dark science-fantasy epic where deepening cold, ancient fears, and an awakening power converge.
- Themes
- Survival against invading threats, Loyalty to pack and family, Awakening extraordinary power
- Genres
- Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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The world grows colder with each passing year, the longer winters and ever-deepening snows awaking ancient fears within the Dengan Packstead, fears of invasion by armed and desperate nomads, attack by the witchlike and mysterious Silth, able to kill with their minds alone, and of the Grauken, that desperate time when intellect gives way to buried cannibalistic instinct, when meth feeds upon meth.
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For Marika, a young pup of the Packstead, loyal to pack and family, times are dark indeed, for against these foes, the Packstead cannot prevail. But awakening within Marika is a power unmatched in all the world, a legendary power that may not just save her world, but allow her to grasp the stars themselves. From Glen Cook, author of the Black Company and Dread Empire novels, comes Darkwar, collecting for the first time, the stunning science fantasy epic that originally appeared as Doomstalker, Warlock, and Ceremony.
Winter at the Edge
A dark science-fantasy epic where deepening cold, ancient fears, and an awakening power converge.
Come here for
- Harsh winters and threats that blur the line between fear and instinct
- A young protagonist caught between loyalty and world-changing power
Expect
- Dark fantasy with survival at its heart
- A sweeping story collected from three earlier novels
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi | 67% |
|---|---|
| Epic Fantasy | 54% |
| Dark Fantasy | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy
- Horror
- Authors
- Glen Cook
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- December 1, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Survival against invading threats · Loyalty to pack and family · Awakening extraordinary power
- Reading lane
- Contemporary Fantasy