Darkwitch Rising (84 page)
Authors: Sara Douglass
Tags: #General, #Fiction, #Historical, #Fantasy, #Great Britain, #Epic, #Fantasy fiction, #Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character), #Alternative histories (Fiction), #Charles, #Great Britain - History - Civil War; 1642-1649
THE CRIPPLED ANGEL
England is reeling under supernatural plagues and treachery-driven rebellions. Mankind’s fate rests on the outcome of three battles: Agincourt, where Bolingbroke challenges Philip for Catherine and for France; the sacrificial ground before Joan’s pyre, where Neville must choose between his love for Margaret and the will of the angels; and the Field of the Angels itself—Heaven, where Christ watches…and waits.
The international bestsellers.
BATTLEAXE
The Sentinels walk the land, the TreeFriend has been found, and the people of the Plough, the Wing and the Horn must set aside their differences and unite under one leader against the evil rising in the north…
ENCHANTER
Winner of the 1996 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. The spellbinding sequel to
BattleAxe
, returning us to a world in the grip of prophecy and war…
STARMAN
As the Prophecy of the Destroyer hurtles towards fulfilment, Azhure and StarDrifter unravel the mysteries of the Island of Mist and Memory, where they finally confront WolfStar; Faraday moves east to replant the ancient forests of Tencendor; and the Sentinels begin a lonely journey planned for them thousands of years ago…
It’s forty years since Axis defeated Gorgrael and created a new, peaceful Tencendor…
SINNER
Caelum SunSoar has succeeded Axis as supreme ruler of Tencendor, but simmering tensions threaten to tear his country apart.
PILGRIM
Qeteb waits, as he has waited tens of thousand of years, for the StarSon…for revenge…for the hunt through the Maze. Death lurks in every twist of the Maze, but only those who have the courage to endure death can learn the secrets of the ancient Enemy.
CRUSADER
The Star Dance has picked Tencendor as the final battleground and DragonStar as the last weapon it can throw against the Demons.
Qeteb rages, and Tecendor’s people huddle in sanctuary. But are they safe?
Many thanks to Lavinia Wellecombe, curator of Woburn Abbey, for showing me about parts of the Abbey not normally open to the public; to Janine Barton, for being such an amusing and informative companion as she drove me about so much of Llangarlia; and to Polly and Robert Arnold, for providing a comfortable place to stay so near to where Caela hid one of the kingship bands.
Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history, Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo. She left University to start her own business in 2000.
Sara’s first novel,
BattleAxe
, was published in 1995 and she has been writing and publishing ever since. Three of her novels are winners of the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy.
Sara now lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
Visit Sara’s website at: www.saradouglass.com
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T
HE
A
XIS
T
RILOGY
Book One:
BattleAxe
Book Two:
Enchanter
Book Three:
StarMan
Threshold
Beyond the Hanging Wall
T
HE
W
AYFARER
R
EDEMPTION
Book One:
Sinner
Book Two:
Pilgrim
Book Three:
Crusader
T
HE
C
RUCIBLE
Book One:
The Nameless Day
Book Two:
The Wounded Hawk
Book Three:
The Crippled Angel
T
HE
T
ROY
G
AME
Book One:
Hades’ Daughter
Book Two:
God’s Concubine
Book Three:
Darkwitch Rising
Voyager
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First published in 2005
This edition first published in 2010
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Douglass, Sara.
Darkwitch rising.
ISBN 978 0 7322 7160 2. (pbk.)
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1. Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685—Fiction.
2. Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character)—Fiction.
3. Great Britain—History—Civil War, 1642—1649—Fiction.
4. Troy (Extinct city)—Fiction. I. Title. (Series : Douglass, Sara. Troy game ; bk. 3).
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