Kushiel’s Dart
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey, published by Tor Publishing Group on June 6, 2023, is a 672-page epic fantasy novel. This first installment in the Kushiel’s Legacy series presents a richly woven narrative filled with themes of love, sacrifice, and betrayal. The story unfolds in a world marked by cunning poets, deadly courtiers, and a besieged queen, all seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine, Phédre nó Delaunay, who is sold into servitude and trained in various arts.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a tale of intrigue as Phédre navigates her complex existence, from her early life in servitude to her role as a talented spy and exquisite courtesan. The plot thickens when she uncovers a conspiracy threatening her homeland, Terre d’Ange. Her journey takes her through harrowing challenges, including betrayal and captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia, as she strives to warn her people of an impending invasion. This edition captures the essence of a fantasy world where love and loyalty intertwine with danger and ambition.
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The lush epic fantasy that inspired a generation with a single precept: Love As Thou Wilt
The first book in the Kushiel’s Legacy series is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. A world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, deposed rulers and a besieged Queen, a warrior-priest, the Prince of Travelers, barbarian warlords, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess…all seen through the unflinching eyes of an unforgettable heroine.
A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger… a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm…
Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages, the arts of pleasure. And above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Exquisite courtesan, talented spy…and unlikely heroine. But when Phédre stumbles upon a plot that threatens her homeland, Terre d’Ange, she has no choice.
Betrayed into captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia and accompanied only by a disdainful young warrior-priest, Phédre makes a harrowing escape and an even more harrowing journey to return to her people and deliver a warning of the impending invasion. And that proves only the first step in a quest that will take her to the edge of despair and beyond.
Phédre nó Delaunay is the woman who holds the keys to her realm’s deadly secrets, and whose courage will decide the very future of her world.
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