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The Ruby Knight
Ehlana, Queen of Elenia, was poisoned and frozen in crystal to save her.
But the spell could only last until the last Knight aiding it should die-as
they were already dying, one each month. Too much time and too many deaths
had been spent while Sparhawk, Knight and Queen's Champion, sought for
the cure.
Now the ghost of her father had summoned him to reveal that it was Primate
Annias who had poisoned her, to gain free access to the treasury, that
he might bribe his way to become the Archprelate. And the cure for the
poison was the Bhelliom, the great jewel lost in Lamorkand when King Sarak
of Thalesia died in battle five hundred years ago. It had been in his crown,
and since then men had searched the shores of Lake Randera for it-vainly.
Yet somehow, Sparhawk must find it. Grimly, he gathered his companions
to go in search of it: Four brave Knights, the novice Berit, his squire
Kurik, and Sephrenia, the Styric instructor in magic to the Knights. At
her suggestion, he added the young thief Talen and the strange little girl,
Flute.
The Knight Tynian claimed some power in necromancy, and they hoped to gain
knowledge of the dead King Sarak's burial place by raising the ghosts of
those who had died in battle.
But the way was long, and troubles began to beset them at the outset. Azash,
evil God of far-eastern Zemoch had sensed their quest and sent a Seeker-an
evil, insectile monster of great power-to plague them. And there were other
delays constantly.
But Sparhawk knew that somehow they must reach and find the Bhelliom before
his queen could perish. They must not fail!
Once again, in this second volume of The Elenium, David Eddings proves
his mastery of fantasy. Here is dark magic, high adventure, and the selfless
devotion of men. And here are all the wonders that have made David Eddings
a bestseller!
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The Sapphire Rose
The Secret of the Stone
Finally the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, the legendary
jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison
that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor
in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon
that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.
But Bhelliom carried dangers of its own. Once the stone came into his hands,
Sparhawk found himself being stalked by a dark, lurking menace. Whether
the foul Zemoch God Azash was behind this threat, or some other enemy,
even Sephrenia could not say-only that the sapphire rose held powers too
dangerous for any mortal to bear.
Restoring Queen Ehlana would only be the beginning of Sparhawk's mission.
With the aid of four stalwart knights, one from each Militant Order, he
must thwart Ehlana's poisoner, the Primate Annias, in his plot to assume
the throne of the Church. For as Archprelate, Annias would serve his secret
master, Azash, and deliver up to the dread God the one thing Azash thirsted
for-Bhelliom itself!
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The Shinning Ones
Years past, the Child-Goddess Aphrael had hidden Bhelliom, the Stone of
Power. It rested at the very bottom of the deepest ocean, that nevermore
should its awesome power sing temptation to mortal men.
Now Sparhawk, Knight and Queen's Champion, must retrieve that Sapphire
Rose from its briny sleep. For only with the might of Bhelliom could he
hope to thwart the fiendish schemes directed against the Tamul empire,
and against his own homeland.
Sparhawk's journey to recover Bhelliom would be fraught with peril. Only
with Goddess' help could he hope to recover the stone. And that would only
begin his quest, for the forces of evil sought to capture the gem for their
own diabolical ends. Sparhawk and his loyal companions must keep Bhelliom
safe from those who sought to steal it, as well as from the horrors which
those evildoers had already loosed upon the world.
Most feared of all the monsters that terrorized Tamuli were the Shining
Ones: dreaded, glowing beings whose merest touch could melt human flesh
from bone. All too soon, Sparhawk and his allies found themselves stalked
by those fell creatures out of myth. For the Shining Ones, too, had designs
on Bhelliom-designs that would change the very shape of the world?
David Eddings launches a triumphant new chapter in his bestselling saga,
The Tamuli, an astounding quest ranging across majestic continents and
among strange peoples. Once again Eddings weaves his unique and compelling
brand of magic into an unforgettable tapestry of men and women and Gods,
of sorcery and valor, and of an ancient world on the brink of cataclysm.
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The Hidden
War to the Death
Battle had been joined and fought and won. The Pandion Knight Sparhawk
had met the forces of the foul God Cyrgon upon the field of valor, and
justice and might had carried the day. But even in Sparhawk's moment of
triumph had come a crushing blow. For far away from the battlefield, Cyrgon's
hired minions had by treachery and stealth stolen away Sparhawk's very
heart: they had kidnapped the beautiful Queen Ehlana, his wife.
Sparhawk would have to surrender Bhelliom, the awesome jewel of power,
into their accursed hands-or Ehlana would die.
Their goal had been to render Sparhawk impotent. But Cyrgon's lackeys,
in their craven, puny souls, had far misjudged that knight's unwavering
resolve to fight on for his queen with every resource at his command.
Aided by stalwart friends, Sparhawk charted a plan of attack, knowing that
Ehlana's life hung in the balance. The road ahead promised peril for all
those he held dear, but none of his companions flinched at the awesome
task before them, even knowing that Cyrgon had summoned up forces of evil
from Tamuli's dark past, and from sick and fetid places beyond mere human
ken.
But the full magnitude of the danger before them was yet to be revealed.
For in his towering hubris, Cyrgon had dared that which was forbidden even
to the Gods. He had called forth Klæl, Bhelliom's opposite, a monster
eager to rend the very world asunder.
Ravening destruction stalked all the lands. For from before time began,
it was writ that Bhelliom must contend with its opposite for the fate of
this world. Even so must the man Sparhawk finally face the God Cyrgon,
in mortal combat-and alone?
Adventure in the realms of danger and of magic, among heroes and Gods-and
the fearsome, wondrous forces that shape destiny itself! In this shattering
novel of ultimate confrontation, bestselling author David Eddings presents
the towering conclusion to The Tamuli.
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