Lucia Panelli Libri

Thrice upon a time, three worlds are in peril as champions seek a shared destiny. Over two decades, Galen Arvad's band of outlaw Mystics has evolved into a nation of secret clans, facing persecution from the Pir theocracy and enslaving dragons. In another realm, faery Dwynwyn saved her people by raising an army of the dead, but now their restless spirits threaten the faery kingdoms. Meanwhile, on a third world, King Mimic's tyrannical rule is challenged by a warrior maiden whose ambition rivals his own. Through the magic of dreams connecting their worlds, a new wind beckons them toward unknown lands, offering salvation, sanctuary, and power. For Caelith, Galen's war-weary son, hope appears as a stranger's vow to guide him to the legendary ancestral home of the Mystics. Dwynwyn seeks peace for her people through a fellowship of Fae on a perilous journey to a land of horror, where their truth might bring solace to both the living and the dead. Lastly, Thux, a wizard-goblin and reluctant Technomancer to King Mimic, faces danger on his path to the Ogre citadel, where power and betrayal lurk. As these heroes embark on their odysseys, they must navigate outer tragedy and inner treachery, for the survival of all three worlds hinges on their success against a cunning evil.

Un diffuso malcontento regna nell'Impero di Malazan, teatro di un'estenuante guerra e di cruente lotte intestine. Persino le legioni imperiali, sottoposte a continui massacri, desiderano ardentemente una tregua. Ma il dominio dell'imperatrice Laseen, sostenuta dai suoi temibili sicari, rimane assoluto e incontrastato, e i suoi eserciti continuano la conquista delle città ancora libere dal giogo imperiale. E proprio quando sembra vicina la capitolazione dell'ultima città a resistere, si mettono in moto poteri oscuri al di là di ogni immaginazione e gli dei stessi dovranno schierarsi nell'imminente lotta.