Mortal suns / Tanith Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Tanith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kings and rulers--Succession--Fiction.

Kings and rulers.

Kings and rulers--Succession.

Abnormalities, Human.

Children with disabilities--Fiction.

Children with disabilities.

Abnormalities, Human--Fiction.

Princesses--Fiction.

Princesses.

Genre:

Fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Physical Description:

335 pages : map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2003.

Summary:

Epic in scope and thrilling in detail, Mortal Suns is set in the corridors of power in the mythical kingdom of Akhemony, which calls up the world of Ancient Greece. Acclaimed fantasy author Tanith Lee transports her readers to an ominous yet seductive alternate universe, where fate organizes the forces of nature to bring ruin to those who attempt to control it.

Horrible screams pierce the night air as the Daystar, Queen Hesta of Akhemony, wrestles with the delivery of the King's child. Heir to the throne of Oceaxis, she is beautifully formed except for one heartbreaking deformity -- she is born without feet. Consigned immediately to the domain of death, the lame infant is dispatched to Thon, the underworld temple, and baptized Cemira -- "snake" -- the name she will bear throughout a lifetime of darkness. It is only at the behest of Urdombis, the Sun Consort, that Cemira is wrested from the temple of death, renamed Callistra, and restored to her rightful place in the kingdom.

Recounting a deadly battle for power, pitting the forces of man against the supernatural, her story is one that will captivate, shock, and terrify.

Contents:

Qerab 9

Stroia 1 Birth: The House of Death 13

Stroia 2 The Snake, the Eagle 59

Stroia 3 The Eagle Grips the Sun 153

Kepstroi 225

Stroia 4 Thunder, and Night 233

Stroia 5 Sun's Isle: The Last March 293

Telestroion 329

Qutm 333.

ISBN:

1585672076

OCLC:

51519680