The Last Light of the Sun
by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- used - excellent/used - excellent
- ISBN 10
- 0451459652
- ISBN 13
- 9780451459657
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
This book has been read, minor wear to dust jacket. No wear to covers. Minor pencil marking first inner page, no other markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "In his eagerly awaited new novel, Guy Gavriel Kay turns his gaze to the northlands, brilliantly evoking the Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic cultures of a turbulent age.
There is nothing soft or silken about the north. The lives of men and women are as challenging as the climate and lands in which they dwell. For generations, the Erlings of Vinmark have taken their dragon-prowed ships across the seas, raiding the lands of the Cyngael and Anglcyn peoples, leaving fire and death behind. But times change, even in the north, and in a tale woven with consummate artistry, people of all three cultures find the threads of their lives unexpectedly brought together...
Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father's sins, commits an act of vengeance and desperation that brings him face-to-face, across the sea, with a past he's been trying to leave behind.
In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances and diplomacy-and with swords and arrows-while his exceptional, unpredictable sons and daughters pursue their own desires when battle comes and darkness falls in the woods.
And in the valleys and shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud and raid amongst each other, violence and love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come and Alun ab Owyn, chasing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools.
Making brilliant use of saga, song and chronicle, Kay brings to life an unforgettable world balanced on the knife-edge of change in The Last Light of the Sun." Good Reads "Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible." Good Reads
Synopsis
The Last Light of the Sun is a 2004 fantasy novel by Guy Gavriel Kay. Like many of his books, it is set in a world that draws heavily upon real times, events, places and people. In this particular book, the period is the Viking invasions of Saxon England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 667-2023
- Title
- The Last Light of the Sun
- Author
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- used - excellent
- Jacket Condition
- used - excellent
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0451459652
- ISBN 13
- 9780451459657
- Publisher
- Roc Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004-03
- Pages
- 501
- Size
- 21.3 cm x 14.4 cm
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fantasy
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