Les Montagnes de Majipoor (Ldp Science Fic) (French Edition)

Majipoor est l'une des plus belles créations de Robert Silverberg. Il a exploré l'histoire et la géographie de cette planète géante dans trois de ses oeouvres les plus fameuses, Le Château de Lord Valentin, Chroniques de Majipoor et Valentin de Majipoor . Dans le quatrième volet de cette immense fresque, indépendant des précédents, il s'attache à suivre le destin du prince Harpirias. Ce jeune homme brillant et plein d'avenir a offensé par mégarde l'un des hommes les plus influents de Majipoor, et le voilà relégué dans une lointaine province à un obscur poste administratif qui le fait périr d'ennui. Son seul espoir de regagner un jour le Mont du Château passe par une mission dangereuse. Il lui faudrait, au péril de sa vie, s'aventurer chez des barbares mythiques qui peupleraient une vallée perdue tout près du pôle glacé pour négocier la libération de quelques savants. Flanqué de rudes Skandars à quatre bras et d'un interprète Métamorphe à la loyauté incertaine, il se risque sans enthousiasme loin du monde, loin de ce qu'il croit être la vie. Pour y apprendre le courage et y trouver, peut-être, l'amour. (http://www.amazon.fr/montagnes-Majipoor-R-Silverberg/dp/2253072168) http://www.amazon.fr/montagnes-Majipoor-R-Silverberg/dp/2253072168 For young Prince Harpirias, the journey into the frozen tundra of the remote borderlands of Majipoor might well have been a death sentence. But it was also the only way out of a petty bureaucrat's job in a provincial city, where he'd been exiled as punishment for a youthful indiscretion. Doomed to spend the rest of his days hopelessly separated from the Coronal's glittering court, he grasps at his only hope - a mission that could represent suicide or salvation. Somewhere beyond the nine guardian mountains of the Khyntor Marches, a party of paleontologists were captured while searching for the fossils of a fabled species of land-dwelling dragons. Their captors are a lost race of humans who, cut off from the majesty and civilization of Majipoor, have reverted to a primitive hunter-gatherer existence. Only one of the party has returned, a Shapeshifter named Korinaam, to bring back the terms for the release of the scientists. Harpirias sets out on a mission of negotiation and rescue with a small band of soldiers and the wily Shapeshifter, who acts as both guide and interpreter. Facing blinding blizzards and slashing ice storms, physical privation and the attack of strange beasts, they finally reach their destination, only to find themselves face-to-face with a shockingly barbaric culture ruled by a dangerous chieftain. One mistake, one minor violation of custom and taboo, and the prince and his companions will face instant death - or endless captivity. The Mountains of Majipoor marks the return of a master storyteller to his most popular science fantasy world. Readers of previous Majipoor novels, as well as newcomers to this universe, will revel in this thrilling story of a young man's epic journey to redeem himself and seize his destiny.