Guy Gavriel Kay
Author
Series
Under heaven volume 2
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
639 pages : 24 cm. map ;
Language
English
Description
"Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life-- in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later-- and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar,...
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
571 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
422 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition. A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel"--