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Fortress in the Eye of Time
 
Fortress in the Eye of Time
Author: C. J. Cherryh

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Publisher: Eos
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780061056895 - ISBN-10: 0061056898
Publication Date: 6/1/1996
Pages: 784


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

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Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a, young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and call new wars into being. Here is the long-awaited major new novel from one of the brightest stars in the fantasy and science fiction firmament.C.J.Cherryh's haunting story of the wizard Mauryl, kingmaker for a thousand years of Men, and Tristen, fated to sow distrust between a prince and his father being. A tale as deep as legend and a intimate as love, it tells of a battle beyond Time, in which all Destiny turns on the wheel of an old man's ambition, a young man's innocence, and the unkept promised of a king to come.


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Christina M. (halfcaff) wrote on 10/19/2006...


First of a series about Tristen, "summoned" into being by the wizard Mauryl. Or is he another long-dead wizard, now returned to life? This book is well-written, up to the usual high Cherryh standard. I'm eager to read the next one in the series!

Jeremy H. wrote on 10/18/2006...


Well written, but takes it's time


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