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The Last Light of the Sun
"A historical fantasy of the highest order, the work of a man who may well be the reigning master of the form."--The Washington Post Book World
Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father's sins, denied his heritage and home, commits an act of vengeance and desperation that brings him face-to-face with a past he's been trying to leave behind...
In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances and diplomacy--and with swords and arrows. Meanwhile his exceptional, unpredictable sons and daughters give shape to their own desires when battle comes and darkness falls in the spirit wood...
And in the valleys and shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud and raid amongst each other, violence and love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come and Alun ab Owyn, pursuing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools...
Making brilliant use of motifs from saga and song and chronicle, Guy Gavriel Kay conjures a work of subtle, intricate richness, bringing to life an unforgettable world balanced on the knife-edge of change.
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Apr 5th, 2005
- Pages: 512
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.06in - 6.06in - 1.11in - 1.19lb
- EAN: 9780451459855
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Sagas• Fantasy - Historical• Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
About the Author
More books by Guy Gavriel Kay
What people are saying
Canadian author. Named to Order of Canada in 2014. 15 novels in 30+ languages. ALL THE SEAS OF THE WORLD now out in paperback. Joined June 2009.
That's a nice theory! I once spoke of sea-raiders arriving in 'dragon-prowed' ships during a telephone interview for LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN, and when the newspaper came out the reporter had written 'dragon-powered' ships. Slight difference, yes. https://t.co/euDYdEuOi6
Constitutional law. Science fiction. Co-ordinating editor @strangehorizons. Author of The Wall and The Horizon: https://t.co/uCAdGYNSqx.
@MSeabraCoelho That’s me with Guy Gavriel Kay. Downloaded all his books as a teenager. Now have handsome copies of Tigana, The Last Light of the Sun, and Under Heaven.
Praise for this book
"An ambitious entertainment that transcends the historical record, offering cogent observations on fathers and sons, on the power of grief, on faith, courage, loyalty and the inevitability of change."--The Washington Post Book World
"Kay has written a modern saga, a story of song and heroes and of the end of days."--The Toronto Star
"[A] wonderfully imaginative historical fantasy...the pieces come together to weave a dazzling tapestry."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"If you take Stephen King's attention to detail, Stephen Lawhead's Byzantium, a near Shakespearean plot, and the best narration and storytelling in a while, you have The Last Light of the Sun."--SF Revu
"The Last Light of the Sun steadfastly confront[s] us with the significant acts of insignificant people, the ironies of history, and both heroism and the fantastic stripped of accumulated myths and legends."--Locus
More Praise for the Novels of Guy Gavriel Kay
"[Read] anything by Guy Gavriel Kay...His strengths are strong characters and fantastic set pieces."--The New Yorker
"History and fantasy rarely come together as gracefully or readably as they do in the novels of Guy Gavriel Kay."--The Washington Post Book World
"Kay shows why he's the heir to Tolkien's tradition."--Booklist
"Kay is a genius. I've read him all my life and am always inspired by his work."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson
"A storyteller on the grandest scale."--Time Magazine, Canada
What people are saying
Canadian author. Named to Order of Canada in 2014. 15 novels in 30+ languages. ALL THE SEAS OF THE WORLD now out in paperback. Joined June 2009.
That's a nice theory! I once spoke of sea-raiders arriving in 'dragon-prowed' ships during a telephone interview for LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN, and when the newspaper came out the reporter had written 'dragon-powered' ships. Slight difference, yes. https://t.co/euDYdEuOi6
Constitutional law. Science fiction. Co-ordinating editor @strangehorizons. Author of The Wall and The Horizon: https://t.co/uCAdGYNSqx.
@MSeabraCoelho That’s me with Guy Gavriel Kay. Downloaded all his books as a teenager. Now have handsome copies of Tigana, The Last Light of the Sun, and Under Heaven.