Pub Date: September 4, 2001
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.63" H x 6.90" L x 4.44" W ( 0.49 lbs) 480 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Epic | Magical Realism | Royalty
Series: Tales of the King's Blades
Description: In this third King's Blades adventure, a kingdom is thrust upon young Queen Malinda, but she inherits a viper's nest of treachery, intrigue, terror, and blood--and dares to trust no one except her royal Blades, magically bound to her until death.
Brief description:
Dave Duncan is an award-winning author whose fantasy trilogy, The Seventh Sword, is considered a sword-and-sorcery classic. His numerous novels include three Tales of the King's Blades -- The Gilded Chain, Lord of the Fire Lands, and Sky of Swords; Paragon Lost, a previous Chronicle of the King's Blades; Strings, Hero; the popular tetralogies A Man of His Word and A Handful of Men; and the remarkable, critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy The Great Game.
Review Quotes:
Praise for SKY OF SWORDS: "Enormously clever and impressive ... for panache, style, and sheer storytelling audacity, Duncan has few peers." - Kirkus Reviews