"An epic with the texture of the legends of yore, with rousing action and characters to cheer for."
- Terry Goodkind on Lord of the Isles
IN Lord of the Isles, David Drake has built a towering and complex epic of heroic adventure filled with passion and magic. This epic series now approaches its greatest fulfillment.
The Fortress of Glass is the first in the Crown of the Isles trilogy, which will conclude Lord of the Isles. It is a fine moment for readers new to the Isles to enter this world and a new climax for fans of the series.
The Fortress of Glass begins the story of how the new kingdom of the Isles is finally brought into being by the heroic characters who have been central to all the books in the series. Prince Garric, heir to the throne of the Isles; his consort Liane; his sister Sharina; her Herculean sweetheart Cashel; his sister Ilna, with her adopted child, Merota; and piratical Chalcus, her beloved, all journey on giant triremes filled with soldiers and diplomats to the small kingdoms of the Isles.
Magical forces now intervene from all angles to force them apart, scattering the band of characters to different worlds and times where strange dangers threaten them. Separately and together, they must fight their way back to the same time and place to combat the mysterious and supernatural menace of The Green Woman.