The Wings of Dread
(2020)(The fourth book in the Drinnglennin Chronicles series)
A novel by K C Julius
“When dragons return to Drinnglennin’s skies, Her darkest mage again shall rise and thus unleash the wings of dread...” Lazdac’s time has come. The dark wizard is once more at the height of his power, and his drakdaemons are ready to impose his will on the Known World. Yet those who would lead the battle against Lazdac and his army are scattered and unprepared, and failure by even one could mean failure for all. Master Morgan, who once defeated Lazdac, is in no position to do so now. He has been charged with the murder of the former High King, Urlion Konigur, and is held prisoner in Drinnkastel by Urlion’s successor, Roth Nelvor. Whit of Cardenstowe, Morgan’s one-time protégé, must flee the new king’s silvercloaks to avoid the same fate. He sets off with Fynn, the true heir to the Einhorn Throne, on a perilous journey to Langmerdor in search of evidence to confirm the young Helgrin-born lad’s parentage—during which they must both come to terms with a role for which Fynn has no desire or training. Maura and Ilyria, driven from the Isle by Roth Nelvor’s attack on the dragon, fly to the Continent in search of sanctuary. But as Ilyria investigates the plans of her treacherous brothers, Maura finds that she has merely traded one dangerous courtly intrigue for another. In Olquaria, Borne strives to make a fresh start serving as Gralian herald in the exotic court of Zlatan Basileus, but his presence is seen by some as foreign intrusion, and is bitterly resented by the leader of the Basileus’s mighty Companions. And in the Lost Lands, Halla battles against despair as she desperately seeks a means of escape from the vaar, who has made no secret of his plan to use her unborn child to evil purpose. In this dazzling conclusion to The Drinnglennin Chronicles, the dark forces threatening this vividly rendered world will pit ruthless ambition against the unmeasured courage of those who stand against them, sweeping all toward a dramatic climax none could have foretold.
Genre: Fantasy
Genre: Fantasy
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