Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles

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Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles

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Author(s):

Jean Lorrah

First Pub:

1986

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

8 chapters

Internal ID:

14114

Series:

<- Flight to the Savage Empire - Wulfston's Odyssey ->

Savage Empire*

#5 of 7

Savage Empire*

A fantasy series by Jean Lorrah.

View this series in the book list

1) Savage Empire
2) Dragon Lord of the Savage Empire
3) Captives of the Savage Empire
4) Flight to the Savage Empire
5) Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles
6) Wulfston's Odyssey
7) Empress Unborn

Copyright:

Dedication:

The entire Savage Empire series is dedicated to the person who got me into professional sf writing and then encouraged me to start my own series:

Jacqueline Lichtenberg

First Sentence:

Spring sunshine warmed the air.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Carrying only a small bundle of necessities, Gray trotting happily at his heels, he turned toward the east in search of his own destiny.

Comments:

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Synopsis not on file
Extract (may contain spoilers)

"Dirdra," said Zanos, "no one here wants to hurt you. We seek information, that's all."
"It was my fault," said Astra in halting Maduran, and Torio realized that she had stopped Reading. "My Reading powers are difficult to control - on the wave of your emotion, I could not help Reading your memory, and that broadcast it to everyone else. Dirdra - please forgive me."

The green eyes studied her warily. "Why should I trust you?"

"You have no reason to," Astra replied truthfully.

"But I'm Maduran, like you," said Zanos.

"So is Maldek!" Dirdra spat.

"Bu[sic] I'd never heard of him before today. I was stolen away from my home when I was much younger than you."

"Then you were fortunate," Dirdra said flatly. "Those who rule now would kill you - they will have no rivals in the powers of sorcery!"

"Like Drakonius," Torio put in. "But Dirdra, not all Adepts are like Maldek. How long have you been here in the Savage Empire?" His command of the savage language was excellent by now, but he would always speak it with an Aventine accent.

Dirdra answered in the same language with a Maduran accent, but it was not linguistic differences which confused her. "What is the Savage Empire?"

"These lands," Torio replied. "The lands which once belonged to Drakonius, Nerius, and Lilith - and the Aventine Empire, which is no more. It is now joined into one unit - and how could you not know that?"

"I know you defeated Drakonius," Dirdra re-plied. "That story I heard everywhere in my travels - and how there was a prophecy about peace in the lands of the white wolf and the red dragon. That is why I tried to get to Zendi... but as I got closer, I heard new stories - how you made earthquakes, not caring who they killed. That's how you took the Aventine Empire, isn't it? You destroyed the capital city - the Emperor and his whole family - leaving no one but you to rule." Her green eyes dared them to deny it... but of course they could not.

"I know you will not believe it, Dirdra," Melissa said at last, "but we were trying to prevent the earthquake. We learned that what has been foretold cannot be stopped."

Added: 08-Jul-2024

Last Updated: 16-Jul-2024

Publications

01-May-1986

Signet

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-May-1986

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

238

Catalog ID:

AE4268

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43696

Publisher:

Signet

ISBN:

0-451-14268-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-451-14268-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

MALDEK'S EVIL EMPIRE...

Medura - a realm of ice and gloom, Zanos' homeland and the dominion of the evil sorcerer, Maldek. It is a place of barbaric savagery and extraordinary Adept powers. Few men journey to Medura. Fewer yet leave her shores alive. Now the blind Reader Torio impulsively demands to join Zanos on his journey home, a journey that will bring him to the heart of that forsaken land - and face to face with the evil powers of the black Lord Maldek...:

SORCERERS
OF THE
FROZEN ISLES

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, May, 1986
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $3.95

Author(s)

Jean Lorrah
Birth: Cir 01 Nov 1940 Canton, Ohio, USA

Notes:

From "ABOUT THE AUTHORS" in Flight to the Savage Empire:

JEAN LORRAH is the creator of the Savage Empire series, in which Flight to the Savage Empire is the fourth book. The first three are Savage Empire, Dragon Lord of the Savage Empire, and Captives of the Savage Empire. She is coauthor with Jacqueline Lichtenberg of First Channel and Channel's Destiny in Jacqueline's Sime/Gen series, and has written a solo novel in that series, Ambrov Keon. She is also the author of the professional Star Trek novel The Vulcan Academy Murders, and coeditor with Lois Wickstrom of Pandora, a small-press sf magazine.

Jean has a Ph. D. in Medieval British Literature. She is Professor of English at Murray State University in Kentucky. Her first professional publications were non-fiction; her fiction was published in fanzines for years before her first professional novel was published in 1980. She maintains a close relationship with sf fandom, appearing at conventions and engaging in as much fannish activity as time will allow. On occasion, she has the opportunity to combine her two loves of teaching and writing by teaching creative writing.

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