Mary Gentle

#2

2007

The second volume of THE LION’S EYE is a stunning historical fantasy from acclaimed fantasist Mary Gentle, set in the secret history of her award-winning ASH series.In the first volume Ilario is fostered by Federico, an impoverished Iberian noble, who plans to gift Ilario to the king for favour. At 15, Ilario joins King Roderigo as the King’s Freak, but while learning the ways of the court, Illario has another lesson to study: abandonment and betrayal. For Rosamunda, Ilario’s birth mother, has arrived - and the secret of Ilario’s shameful birth must be kept hidden. Fleeing a murder attempt, Ilario runs to Carthage, where the Penitence shrouds the sky in darkness... and a strange and awful destiny awaits.Part Two, published two months later, will follow Ilario from Carthage into an adventure spanning continents, from treacherous negotiations and intrigues in seductive Venice, to a fraught return to Iberia, and a final confrontation with destiny.

#3

1990

In a nameless city somewhere between past and future, a mythic realm at the heart of the world where wicked Rat Lords have reduced all humankind to slaves, and god-daemons make the decision to end all existence. This energizes a compelling quest for survival and prompts the powerful White Crow to order an uprising against this chaotic strike that threatens them all. Among those who respond to her are the defiant Prince Lucas of Candover, a student at the University of Crime, and no man's slave, and Zari, the young Katyan woman who is destined to become the living Memory of all that follows. And others rally to join them in one final desperate revolt, hoping to create a magic powerful enough to reshape the very nature of how they live. - from the cover.