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Author
Series
Books of the elements volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a great creature seems to rise from the sea to devastate the city during Senator Gaius Alphenus Saxa's lavish theatrical event, the crowd is delighted. A few in the audience, although not Saxa, understand that this was not mere stagecraft, but something much darker and more dangerous.
Author
Series
Books of the elements volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The great city of Carce (a fantasy world based on Europe during the later Roman Empire) and all life on Earth will be destroyed unless two young men, Corylus and Varus, and two women, Hedia and Alphena, pursue the answer to the mysterious and threatening happenings that prefigure this disaster.
Author
Series
Books of the elements volume 4
Publisher
TOR, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Corylus, a soldier, emerges as one of the most compelling heroic figures in contemporary fantasy. Battling magicians, spirits, gods, and forces from supernatural realities, Corylus and his companions from the family of the nobleman Saxa-especially Saxa's impressive wife Hedia, and his friend (and Saxa's son) Varus-must face constant deadly and soul-destroying dangers, climaxing in a final battle not between good and evil but in defense of logic and...
Author
Series
Books of the elements volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Governor Saxa, of the great city of Carce, a fantasy analog of ancient Rome, is rusticating at his villa. When Saxa's son Varus accompanies Corylus on a visit to the household of his father, Crispus, a retired military commander, Saxa graciously joins the party with his young wife Hedia, daughter Alphena, and a large entourage of his servants, making it a major social triumph for Crispus. But on the way to the event, something goes amiss. Varus,...
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