The Ancient - Tapa blanda

Praise for "The Ancient: ""Salvatore, a prolific and increasingly polished creator of fantasy sagas, launches the Saga of the First King with one of his strongest books to date."--"Booklist" "Salvatore excels in world-building and creating complex, introspective characters who triumph through wit and determination as well as skill in open combat." --"Library Journal" on R. A. Salvatore "Bob Salvatore always makes the most fantastic seem real. His heroes become friends we care about, and his foes fascinate." --Ed Greenwood on R. A. Salvatore "Salvatore excels in world-building and creating complex, introspective characters who triumph through wit and determination as well as skill in open combat." --"Library Journal" on R. A. Salvatore "Bob Salvatore always makes the most fantastic seem real. His heroes become friends we care about, and his foes fascinate." --Ed Greenwood on R. A. Salvatore "Salvatore's strongest fantasy to date. [His] potent mixture of detailed historical context, well-rounded characters (including secondary figures torn by conflicted loyalties to their church and state), brisk pacing and exciting battle scenes make for a consuming read." --"Publishers Weekly" on "The Demon Apostle" "Lacks nothing in pacing and well-handled battle scenes. This is his most ambitious book to date." --"Booklist" on "The Demon Awakens" ""Mortalis" is Salvatore at his best--and even better." --"New York Times "bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole

Searching for his long-lost father, Bransen Garibond is tricked into journeying across the Gulf of Corona to the wild lands of Vanguard, where he is pressed into service in a desperate war against the brutal Ancient Badden. On a lake just below Badden's magical ice castle, several disparate societies - dwarves, monks and barbarians - are caught up in the web of their own conflicts, and thus oblivious to his devastating plan to destroy them by releasing a tidal wave to wipe their island clean. Bransen finds himself becoming the link between these turmoils, and if he fails, all who live on the lake will perish - and all of northern Honce willl fall under the shadow of a merciless and vengeful oppressor.