The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1)
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 544
ISBN: 0553577239
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Sometimes the price of destiny is higher than anyone imagined....
Dark Magic, Hidden Destiny
For three centuries a divine prophecy and a line of warrior queens protected Skala. But the people grew complacent and Erius, a usurper king, claimed his young half sister’s throne.
Now plague and drought stalk the land, war with Skala’s ancient rival Plenimar drains the country’s lifeblood, and to be born female into the royal line has become a death sentence as the king fights to ensure the succession of his only heir, a son. For King Erius the greatest threat comes from his own line — and from Illior’s faithful, who spread the Oracle’s words to a doubting populace.
As noblewomen young and old perish mysteriously, the king’s nephew — his sister’s only child — grows toward manhood. But unbeknownst to the king or the boy, strange, haunted Tobin is the princess’s daughter, given male form by a dark magic to protect her until she can claim her rightful destiny.
Only Tobin’s noble father, two wizards of Illior, and an outlawed forest witch know the truth. Only they can protect young Tobin from a king’s wrath, a mother’s madness, and the terrifying rage of her brother’s demon spirit, determined to avenge his brutal murder....
Palatine wall to the southern city and the sea. It was incredible. With the mist rising off the water and the sun slanting low as it rose, it was hard to tell where the sky stopped and the sea began. In the wash of dawn, Ero appeared to be made of fire, trees and all. Outside his window, a colorful garden stretched away to the belt of elms he’d ridden past the night before. There were already servants at work with shears and baskets, like bees in the meadow at home. To either side he could see
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dead. When it was over, Iya slumped down on the narrow bed and wove a spell of silence around them with shaking fingers. Arkoniel remained where he was under the window, unable to move. For a long time neither could speak. At last Iya whispered, “There was nothing we could have done. Nothing. I see their power now. They’ve banded together and joined their strength. The rest of us are so scattered—” “That, and the king’s sanction!” Arkoniel spat out. “He’s his mad mother’s son after all.”
than anything I’ve seen since my arrival. I got something of the same kind of reception when I first arrived. It said it remembered me, so it must have known you, as well. That doesn’t explain its attack on Ki, though. Has he any magic in him?” “No, and it’s a shame, for he might make an interesting wizard. He should do very nicely for Tobin. Now that I’ve seen the child, I must admit you were correct. He desperately needs some semblance of normal society.” Iya turned back toward the keep and a
hundred feet long, with jewels for eyes and the scales all outlined in gold.” He searched the sky again. “And now the cake looks like our maidservant, Lilain, with Alon’s bastard eight moons in her belly.” Tobin glanced over at his friend and could tell by the slant of Ki’s grin that there was a story coming. Sure enough, Ki went on. “We thought Khemeus would kill the pair of them, since he’d been panting over her since she come to us—” “ ‘Came to us,’ ” Tobin corrected. Arkoniel had tasked