A Brightness Long Ago A Brightness Long Ago
Children of Earth and Sky

A Brightness Long Ago

A profound and unforgettable historical fantasy novel

    • 4.7 • 6 Ratings
    • £5.49

Publisher Description

'The greatest living author of epic fantasy' - Brandon Sanderson

'The finest in his field' - Tor.com

'Guy Gavriel Kay's A Brightness Long Ago is a masterpiece; perhaps the finest work of one of the world's greatest living storytellers' - Fantasy Book Review


***One of Goodreads' Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2019***


Internationally bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy, with an extraordinary cast of characters.

In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school, though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as The Beast.

Danio's fate changed the moment he recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one night - intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen a life of danger - and freedom - instead.

Other vivid figures share the story: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting these lives and many more, two mercenary commanders, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance.

Further praise for Guy Gavriel Kay

'Contemporary fiction's finest fantasist' Tor.com

'History and fantasy rarely come together as gracefully or readably as they do in the novels of Guy Gavriel Kay' Washington Post

'One of the (if not the) premiere fantasists of our time' The Financial Times

'Compulsively readable . . . Kay is a global phenomenon . . . a storyteller on the grandest scale' Time Magazine (Canada)

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2019
14 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Hodder & Stoughton
SIZE
4.2
MB
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