Livres - Bibliographie

Le Chathrand. Un cinq-mâts titanesque qui, depuis plus de six cents ans, sillonne les mers avec son millier d’hommes d’équipage. Un navire de légende qui a tout connu : tempêtes, pirates, sortilèges… Mais voilà que le Chathrand a disparu. Volatilisé en mer. Qu’est-il arrivé au plus fabuleux des vaisseaux ? Qu’est devenu Pazel, le jeune mousse capable de comprendre et parler toutes les langues du monde ; Nilus Rose, le plus fou des capitaines ; Tasha, la fille de l’ambassadeur en route vers un mariage forcé ? Et où ont disparu les clandestins très particuliers du navire dont le simple nom terrifie les hommes ?

Every story in this volume is new and, like the title suggests, the writers were free to write whatever they wished. Here is the list of contributing authors for Unfettered:

- The Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks (a Shannara tale)

- Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks (a precursor to the Word/Void trilogy)

- How Old Holly Came To Be by Patrick Rothfuss (a Four Corners tale)

- River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (a Wheel of Time tale)

- The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams

- Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey (a precursor to the Kushiel series)

- Dogs by Daniel Abraham

- Mudboy by Peter V. Brett (a Demon Cycle tale)

- Nocturne by Robert V. S. Redick

- The Sound of Broken Absolutes by Peter Orullian (a Vault of Heaven tale)

- Untitled by Geno & R.A. Salvatore

- Keeper of Memory by Todd Lockwood (a Summer Dragon tale)

- Game of Chance by Carrie Vaughn

- The Lasting Doubts of Joaquin Lopez by Blake Charlton

- The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne (an Iron Druid tale)

- Select Mode by Mark Lawrence (a Broken Empire tale)

- All the Girls Love Michael Stein by David Anthony Durham

- Strange Rain by Jennifer Bosworth (a Struck epilogue tale)

- Unbowed by Eldon Thompson (a Legend of Asahiel tale)

- Untitled by Naomi Novik (a Temeraire tale)

- The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan (a Riyria Chronicles tale)

- The Duel by Lev Grossman (a Magicians tale)

- The Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman (an Annwn Cycle tale)

In the gripping sequel to Robert V. S. Redick’s acclaimed epic fantasy novels The Red Wolf Conspiracy and The Ruling Sea, the crew of the vast, ancient ship Chathrand have reached the shores of the legendary southern empire of Bali Adro. Many have died in the crossing, and the alliance of rebels, led by the tarboy Pazel Pathkendle and the warrior Thasha Isiq, has faced death, betrayal, and darkest magic. But nothing has prepared them for the radically altered face of humanity in the South.

They have little time to recover from the shock, however. For with landfall, the battle between the rebels and centuries-old sorcerer Arunis enters its final phase. At stake is control of the Nilstone, a cursed relic that promises unlimited power to whoever unlocks the secrets of its use—but death to those who fail. And no one is closer to mastering the Stone than Arunis.

Desperate to stop him, Pazel and Thasha must join forces with their enemies, including the depraved Captain Rose and the imperial assassin Sandor Ott. But when a suspicious young crewmember turns his attentions to Thasha, it is the young lovers themselves who are divided—most conveniently for Arunis. As the mage’s triumph draws near, the allies face a terrible choice: to break their oaths and run for safety, or to hunt the world’s most dangerous sorcerer through the strange and deadly dream kingdom known as the River of Shadows, and to face him a last time among the traps and horrors of his lair.

Brimming with high adventure, dark enchantment, and unforgettable characters, The River of Shadows deftly secures Redick’s place in the ranks of epic fantasy’s most original and enthralling storytellers.

The mighty centuries old ship, Chathrand, is long gone...

At the centre of an infernal forest there is clearing. Above it looms a seven hundred foot tall fragment of a vast tower. At its base, a group of friends. Exhausted, terrified. They stand around the body of a sorcerer, Arunis. In his wizened hand lies the Nilstone.

The Nilstone. An ancient artifact that has unleashed the Night of the Swarm; an ever growing cloud of darkness that is, even now, racing across the world of Alifros, threatening annihilation to all.

The only thing that can banish the Swarm is to take the Nilstone out of this world. But to do this the friends, Pazel, Thasha, Neeps and the mage Ramachni, must make a perilous voyage down the River of Shadows to where it leaves the world. Only there, far from any hope of rescue, can the Nilstone be cast away.

But the Sorceress Macadra is hunting for the Nilstone as well. This is not the end...