Children of the Ancients
Children of the Ancients, #1
Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
| Author: | Thomas Beard | ISBN: | 9781497798458 |
| Publisher: | Thomas Beard | Publication: | October 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas Beard |
| ISBN: | 9781497798458 |
| Publisher: | Thomas Beard |
| Publication: | October 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Magic is motion, Father had said. You ask something to move. If your will is strong, it obliges.But only dumb things will move without moving you in return. Men are not dumb objects but the smartest of animals. What you do to them will be done to you. Magic is just. Blessed is the man who respects that justice.
Those who do not respect that justice make monsters of themselves and their victims. So when Princess Lira finds herself forced to take the throne after her parents and brother are murdered, she must protect her people from mages who wander the world using dark magic to turn their victims into abominations.
Meanwhile, Garron finds himself hideously deformed by this dark magic, torn from his village and his family, and thrust into a world he could never have imagined. He must learn to control his newfound power, even as he discovers why he's been cursed.
Lira must struggle to understand why the mages plague the kingdom, even as Garron must struggle to understand the queen he's sworn to protect. And neither is prepared for the truth that lies within the ruins of the ancients.
Magic is motion, Father had said. You ask something to move. If your will is strong, it obliges.But only dumb things will move without moving you in return. Men are not dumb objects but the smartest of animals. What you do to them will be done to you. Magic is just. Blessed is the man who respects that justice.
Those who do not respect that justice make monsters of themselves and their victims. So when Princess Lira finds herself forced to take the throne after her parents and brother are murdered, she must protect her people from mages who wander the world using dark magic to turn their victims into abominations.
Meanwhile, Garron finds himself hideously deformed by this dark magic, torn from his village and his family, and thrust into a world he could never have imagined. He must learn to control his newfound power, even as he discovers why he's been cursed.
Lira must struggle to understand why the mages plague the kingdom, even as Garron must struggle to understand the queen he's sworn to protect. And neither is prepared for the truth that lies within the ruins of the ancients.
