Description
| Product ID: | 9781529032741 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Serpent Gates |
| Title: | The Unspoken Name |
| Authors: | Author: A. K. Larkwood |
| Page Count: | 464 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fantasy, Fantasy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Unspoken Name is an extraordinary epic fantasy. When a priestess is rescued from a death cult by a sorcerer, she becomes his personal assassin. But would you do anything for the person who saved your life? <p><b>'An astounding debut . . . unlike anything I've read before' - Nicholas Eames, author of <i>Kings of the Wyld</i></b><br><b><br>Does she owe her life to those planning her death . . .</b><br><br>Csorwe was raised by a death cult steeped in old magic. And on her fourteenth birthday, she’ll be sacrificed to their god. But as she waits for the end, she’s offered a chance to escape her fate. A sorcerer wants her as his assistant, sword-hand and assassin. As this involves her not dying that day, she accepts.<br><br> Csorwe spends years living on a knife-edge, helping her master hunt an artefact which could change many worlds. Then comes the day she's been dreading. They encounter Csorwe’s old cult – seeking the same magical object – and Csorwe is forced to reckon with her past. She also meets Shuthmili, the war-mage who’ll change her future.<br><br>If she’s to survive, Csorwe must evade her enemies, claim the artefact and stop the death cult once and for all. As she plunges from one danger to the next, the hunt is on . . .<br><br><b><i>The Unspoken Name</i> by A. K. Larkwood is the incredible first book in The Unspoken Name duology.</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Tor |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-20 |
