Book Description
In Spire Vanis, the lord commander's foundling daughter
is haunted by nightmares of ice; in the Blackhail clanhold,
two brothers find their kinsmen slaughtered by swords that
draw no blood; at a remote farmstead, a hardened warrior
leaves his family to follow a raven's summons.....
And soon, in a deadly wilderness where nature and the gods
have no mercy, two young fugitives must confront a millennial
prophecy, as J.V. Jones takes readers on a journey deep into
the stark beauty, cruel peril, and incredible magic of the
Known Lands, in the first volume of a powerful new epic.....A
CAVERN OF BLACK ICE.
In the distant Northern Territories, fortress cities cling
to barren peaks, fierce clans hunt the frigid steppes, arctic
wastes are the last refuge of an enigmatic, ancient people -
and an apocalyptic destiny has begun to unfold.....
Once in one thousand years an innocent is born with the
uncontrollable power and need to reach across the barrier of
worlds, into the realm of the dead - and release the Endlords
from their eternal prison, to annihilate all life.
Now, after the millennium of truce, war erupts between the
cold giants of the far north. As the great and ancient clan
of Blackhail brings war to the Dog Lord of Clan Bludd, two
warriors are caught in the bloodshed. Raif and Drey Sevrance
are brothers and clansmen alike, but soon cold-blooded
schemes of their new chief will tear them apart and bran Raif
a traitor to his clan.
Meanwhile, in the cool limestone caverns of Mask Fortress,
Ash March stumbles upon an old and terrible evil hidden away
from the light. Penthero Iss, uncrowned king of Spire Vanis
and the man who calls himself Ash's father, has discovered a
monstrous way to steal magic from his captives. And Ash fears
she will be next.
Suddenly, Raif and Ash are each helped to escape by Angus
Lok, whose amiable manner belies his mysterious past. But
Angus is acting on the raven-sent message of a distant
shaman; there's nothing accidental about his intervention and
his mission to guide Raif and Ash on a treacherous journey to
A CAVERN OF BLACK ICE.
Passionately envisioned and filled with richly evoked new
characters, this story is the beginning of J.V. Jones's most
ambitious and accomplished work to date.
