New Releases by Jacqueline Carey

From Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of Kushiel''s Scion, comes the second adventure in the Imriel trilogy. Imriel de la Courcel''s blood parents are history''s most reviled traitors, while his adoptive parents, Phèdre and Joscelin, are Terre d''Ange''s greatest champions. Stolen, tortured, and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood, third in line for the throne in a land that revels in beauty, art, and desire. After a year abroad to study at university, Imriel returns from his adventures a little older and somewhat wiser. But perhaps not wise enough. What was once a mere spark of interest between himself and his cousin Sidonie now ignites into a white-hot blaze. But from commoner to peer, the whole realm would recoil from any alliance between Sidonie, heir to the throne, and Imriel, who bears the stigma of his mother''s misdeeds and betrayals. Praying that their passion will peak and fade, Imriel and Sidonie embark on an intense, secret affair. Blessed Elua founded Terre d''Ange and bestowed one simple precept to guide his people: Love as thou wilt. When duty calls, Imriel honors his role as a member of the royal family by leaving to marry a lovely, if merely sweet, Alban princess. By choosing duty over love, Imriel and Sidonie may have unwittingly trespassed against Elua''s law. But when dark powers in Alba, who fear an invasion by Terre d''Ange, seek to use the lovers'' passion to bind Imriel, the gods themselves take notice. Before the end, Kushiel''s justice will be felt in heaven and on earth.

A decade of peace has passed in Terre D''Ange, the country founded by the god Elua. Since the world''s most famous courtesan saved her queen from assassination, Phèdre n? Delauny has been enjoying a quiet life until a prophetic dream calls upon her to serve her gods one last time. But what they ask may be too painful for even an anguissettte to bear. When the young son of the traitor Melisande Shahrizai—Imriel de la Courcel, who stands third in line for the crown—is kidnapped, Phèdre enters an uneasy bargain to find the boy in exchange for the information that will free her beloved childhood friend Hyacinthe from his eternal imprisonment as the new Master of the Straits. When it becomes clear that Imriel''s disappearance is part of a larger, far darker scheme, Phèdre knows it is her sacred duty to end it. At her side is her loving consort Josselin, who will also risk losing himself in Phèdre’s gamble to rescue Imriel and save her country from a spreading darkness. And beyond her doubt, her fear, dangles the promise of a holy mystery so great that it could transform Phèdre into justice incarnate... or consume her in the flames of her own passion. All of Phèdre’s journeys have led here, to the grandest of conclusions in an epic tale of fantasy, adventure, and, above all, love. Kushiel''s Avatar is the stunning conclusion to Jacqueline Carey''s epic trilogy. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From the "New York Times" bestselling author of the Kushiel series comes another startling fable--an epic tale of gods waging war in their bid to control an entire universe and the mortals they use as chess pieces in a most deadly game.

One thousand years after pledging himself to the dark god Satoris, Lord Tanaros works to defend the citadel of Darkhaven from a human uprising, a situation that is complicated by Satoris''s capture of the beautiful Elvish princess, Cerelinde.

Phèdre tracht de zoon van een oude vijand te achterhalen om zo de naam van God te weten te komen en daarmee haar jeugdvriend Hyacinthe te bevrijden.

Following hard on the heels of Kushiel''s Dart, Jacqueline Carey''s spectacular debut novel, comes Kushiel''s Chosen, a glittering and riveting historical fantasy. The land of Terre d''Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It is said that the angels found the land and saw it was good, and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye and sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with a very special mission--and the first to recognize her for who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel''s Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Phèdre has trained in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Having stumbled upon a plot that threatened the very foundations of her homeland, she gave up almost everything she held dear to save it. She survived, and lived to have others tell her story, and if they embellished the tale with fabric of mythical splendor, they weren''t far off the mark. The hands of the gods weigh heavily upon Phèdre''s brow, and they are not yet done with their charge--for while the young queen who sits upon the throne is well loved by the people, there are those who believe that other heads should wear the crown. And those who escaped the wrath of the mighty are not yet done with their schemes for power and revenge. To protect and serve, Phèdre will once again leave her beloved homeland. From the sun-drenched villas of La Serenissima to the wilds of old Hellas, from a prison designed to drive the very gods mad to an island of immutable joy. Phèdre will meet old friends and new enemies and discover a plot so dreadful as to make the earth tremble, masterminded by the one person she cannot turn away from. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Samen met haar metgezel Joscelin Verreuil gaat Phèdre no Delaunay op zoek naar haar oude vijand Melisande Shahrizai.

Fantasy-roman.

A pictorial examination of the use of angels in art, legends and lore.