The Tower on the Rift - Volume Two of the View from the Mirror Quartet

In the second volume of this stunning and original saga, Ian Irvine continues The View from the Mirror, a brilliant epic fantasy that rivals the works of Robert Jordan and J. V. Jones. THE TALE OF THE DRY SEA The ancient city of Thurkad has fallen, and all who gathered there for the Great Conclave are scattered. Driven mad, the young sensitive Karan is left for dead. Her lover, Llian the Chronicler, is captured by the renegade Aachim, who plan to use the Twisted Mirror for an act of millennial vengeance. The great mancers, including Magister Mendark, flee, die, or are rendered powerless, and even the conquering sorcerer Yggur is threatened by a growing fear of what is to come. For the path of all heroes and villains will meet in the cursed desert called the Dry Sea. And there, in a lost fortress of power, terrible forbidden magics will merge with desperation and folly and unleash forces that can shatter the destiny of worlds... READ the first chapter: (http://www.ian-irvine.com/tower_ch1.html) http://www.ian-irvine.com/tower_ch1.html HEAR an excerpt from the audiobook: (http://www.bolinda.com/audioexcerpts/9781742338668.mp3) http://www.bolinda.com/audioexcerpts/... AWARDS AND LISTINGS Listed in the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Books of 1998 Listed in Sciencefiction.com's Best of 2001 REVIEWS High suspense and tense character interaction great reading! Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald BEST BOOKS OF 1998. Wonderfully deep, fast-paced adventure.' Barnesandnoble.com (US). There is a dark full moon one mid-winter's day. The fortelling has come to pass. Rulke the Charon is unstoppable now. Karan is held captive in desolate Carcharon tower. Rulke plans to use her to find the Way between the Worlds. On the mountainside below, the allies await their fate. Karan's lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her to the enemy. As the dark moon rises, Rulke begins to open the Way. If he succeeds, the world will be overwhelmed by the dread armies of the void. There is only one solution. Karan must be the sacrifice! Volume 2 of The view from the mirrorthe mirro_