Tides of Darkness

by Tarr, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780312876159
• ISBN10: 0312876157
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-18
• Publisher: Tor Books

Summary

Hailed as a sweeping saga, spiced with exciting, unexpected plot twists (Publishers Weekly), Judith Tarrs richly imagined Avaryan fantasy series has gained a broad and devoted following. Now, after more than five years, Tarr offers her many fans a stunning new chapter in this majestic epic.A wave of utter darkness and implacable evil sweeps across a thousand worlds, turning souls without number into mute, blind slaves. Now this dark tide threatens the Golden Empire, and not even the awesome powers of Lady Merian, heir of Avaryan, can halt its advance. Only Daros, a wild and reckless young mage who has captured Merians heart, dares to confront this vast evil, risking his life and his sanity to protect their world from the chill of endless night. Interweaving conflict, intrigue, sorcery and romance, Tides of Darkness is a bold and exciting tale by a modern master of fantasy.

Author Biography

Judith Tarr is the author of more than twenty widely praised novels, including The Throne of Isis, White Mare's Daughter, and Queen of Swords, as well as five previous volumes in the Avaryan Chronicles: The Hall of the Mountain King, The Lady of Han-Gilen and A Fall of Princes (collected in one volume as Avaryan Rising), Arrows of the Sun, and Spear of Heaven. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge University, Judith Tarr holds degrees in ancient and medieval history, and breeds Lipizzan horses at Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona.