Kushiel's Dart
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3.9
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Jacqueline Carey
The lush epic fantasy that inspired a generation with a single precept: Love As Thou Wilt The first book in the Kushiel's Legacy series is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. A world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, deposed rulers and a besieged Queen, a warrior-priest, the Prince of Travelers, barbarian warlords, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess...all seen through the unflinching eyes of an unforgettable heroine. A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger... a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm... Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages, the arts of pleasure. And above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Exquisite courtesan, talented spy...and unlikely heroine. But when Phédre stumbles upon a plot that threatens her homeland, Terre d'Ange, she has no choice. Betrayed into captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia and accompanied only by a disdainful young warrior-priest, Phédre makes a harrowing escape and an even more harrowing journey to return to her people and deliver a warning of the impending invasion. And that proves only the first step in a quest that will take her to the edge of despair and beyond. Phédre nó Delaunay is the woman who holds the keys to her realm's deadly secrets, and whose courage will decide the very future of her world.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Author
Jacqueline Carey
Pages
704
Publisher
Macmillan
Published Date
2002-03-15
ISBN
1429910909 9781429910903
Ratings
Google: 4
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"The plot is very good and the prose is superlatifs but definitely check the trigger warnings "
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Brian strong
"I loved this book and it was one the first spicy fantasy series I got into, however I felt it was a little too long and detailed in places. The author built an amazing and complex world but it could sometimes be a lot to keep up with. The characters and their development is well written and years later it is still a comfort read."
"Sexy, intricate fantasy novel with great characters and fairly complicated plot. Not for the faint of heart....."
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Sherrie Guerin
"Couldn’t finish it, hated "
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Anita Tareed