New Releases by Janny Wurts

Une histoire épique et grandiose, issue de l''imagination de deux des meilleurs auteurs de fantasy américaine. Kelewan, déjà évoqué dans les Chroniques de Krondor, est un monde mystérieux empreint de magie. Ici, au cœur des intrigues de l''Empire Tsurani, la très jeune dame Mara, seigneur des Acoma, doit guider sans faiblir les gens de sa maison à travers les horreurs et les périls de la politique de l''Empire et du Jeu du Conseil. Il lui faudra se garder des attaques des puissantes maisons rivales, passer des accords avec de sinistres brigands et conclure un traité avec les énigmatiques cho-ja, redoutables insectes combattants. Elle ira même jusqu''à épouser le fils d''un de ses ennemis mortel pour préserver l''honneur de sa famille et porter le combat jusqu''au tréfonds de leurs forteresses... Dans un climat qui ne manquera pas d''évoquer à certains les grandes sagas orientales (Shogûn), Raymond Feist, maître incontesté de l''heroïc-fantasy (Les Chroniques de Krondor, Faerie Tale...) et Janny Wurts, son alter ego féminin (Fugitive Prince, Sorcerer''s Legacy...) nous livrent ici le premier volume de la Trilogie de l''Empire, une série best-seller dans une quinzaine de pays.

It is a time of intrigue, fanaticism and rampaging armies. Through clever manipulation of events at the hands of Lysaer, Arithon''s very name has become anathema. Now the volatile hatreds that spearheaded the campaign have overtaken all reason.

With the appalling destruction of the Vastmark warhost, recoil and grief reshape the balance of power in the Five Kingdoms. Two half brothers, cursed by a Mistwraith to a lifelong enmity, are set in violent conflict. And there are those between who will stop at nothing to fulfill secret desires and consolidate their own power. With faction set against faction, heart set against heart, and spells of high mastery engaged to cast down the ancient mysteries, the moves made by all will remake the course of the world''s destiny.

The world on the other side of the rift: Kelewan, a land seething with political intrigue and deadly conspiracies. Following the opulent panoply of Daughter Of The Empire and the dazzling pageantry of Servant Of The Empire comes the resounding conclusion to the Empire trilogy. Besieged by spies and rival houses, stalked by a secret and merciless brotherhood of assassins, the brilliant Lady Mara of the Acoma faces the most deadly challenge she has ever known. The fearsome Black Robes see Mara as the ultimate threat to their ancient power. In search of allies who will join her against them, Mara must travel beyond civilization''s borders and even into the hives of the alien cho-ja. As those near and dear to her fall victim to many enemies, Mara cries out for vengeance. Drawing on all of her courage and guile she prepares to fight her greatest battle of all--for her life, her home, and the Empire itself.