Wolves Of The Gods
The Timura Trilogy, no. 2
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Publisher Description
Dubbed a "rousing fantasy novel" by Publishers Weekly, a twice-featured "choice of the month" by the Science Fiction Book Club in Britain and praised by legendary authors as disparate as Terry Brooks and David Gerrold, "When The Gods Slept" begins the exciting tale of Safar Timura, the son of a lowly potter who rose to become the Grand Wazier to the greatest king in history. And now that story continues in "Wolves Of The Gods," revealing a world of breathtaking beauty and savagery, of noble sacrifice and base betrayal. A world where the most powerful magic of all, for both good and evil, lies in the divided hearts of
humans and demons alike.Inspired by Omar Khayyam’s "The Rubaiyat," the tale of Safar Timura is set against the backdrop of a nameless evil that is slowly poisoning the world. And only
Safar - the greatest wizard of the age - has the power and knowledge to stop it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Magic and battle flourish as Safar Timura, great wizard and hero, is pursued by his former friend, now nemesis, Iraj Protarus, who has come back from the dead as a wolven shape-changer. Safar must lead his people to safety from their native Kyrania; secretly, he is also following a vision from the master-wizard Lord Asper and hoping to stop the blight affecting his world. In his quest, he is aided by Leiria, a female soldier; Palimak, a half-demon, half-human child whom Safar is raising as a son; and Khysmet, the perfect steed whom Safar was destined to find along the way. These and a variety of striking secondary characters journey through the ensorcelled land of Caluz on their way to a new home in fabled Syrapis across the sea. Not only Iraj, but others, such as the circus-troupe Safar joined as a youth, return; but even so this second volume in the series remains very accessible to new readers. The book strikes a good balance between action and character development and provides a rich mixture of demons, sorcery, swordplay and political intrigue. Cole also manages more moments of real horror than most fantasy writers while still hitting the high notes of wonder, romance and fellowship. FYI: A sample chapter will be bound into 127,000 issues of Realm of Fantasy magazine.
