The Lady of the Sorrows

by Cecilia Dart-Thornton Narrated by Kim Bretton

Overview

Though Imrhien's memory is clouded by sorcery, she must take vital news to the King-Emperor of Caermelor. She hopes that there she may also find Thorn, the fearless ranger who has won her heart.Since no commoner may approach the royal court, Imrhien assumes a new identity as Rohain, a noble visitor from the distant Sorrow Isles. She soon discovers that the King and his rangers have departed to battle the unseelie hordes which have suddenly declared war against mortals.

Attacks by nightmare monsters of the Wild Hunt, led by the unseelie Lord Huon, grow ever more frequent and brutal. And when evil forces lay siege to the royal sanctuary on a hidden mystic island, Rohain is confronted with a horrifying discovery.

To protect those she loves, the Lady of the Sorrows must undertake a desperate quest to discover who she is and why an unhuman evil would wreak such destruction. But the truth of Rohain's past will prove more incredible-and far more tragic-than any she could possibly have imagined.

Editorial Reviews

Jennifer Roberson

A dazzling debut from a new fantasy star-in-the-making.

Elizabeth Hand

An elegantly written saga...invites comparison with the best fantasy novels...may well prove to be one of the classics of the 21st.

Kirkus Reviews

Second part of Dart-Thornton's trilogy following her fine debut, The Ill-Made Mute (2001). Once disfigured and mute, Imrhien has recovered her beauty and her voice but not her memory. Disguised as Lady Rohain to fool her unknown pursuers, she must inform the King-Emperor of the treasure she discovered, and find Thorn, the handsome ranger with whom she has fallen in love. But the King is absent, battling rebels and unseelie hordes. Unfamiliar with palace etiquette, Rohain must continue the masquerade despite the intrigues that swirl about the court. Thorn, it turns out, is the King-Emperor! Concerned for Rohain's safety, Thorn sends her to the mystical isle Tamhania-Tavaal when he returns to battle. But Huon, the unseelie leader of the Wild Hunt, still pursues Rohain; his agents deceive her into opening the island's magical defenses, and the creatures turn the island into a volcano. Rohain and a handful of others survive the eruptions and tsunamis, and now she's drawn to the eerie place known as Huntingtowers. There, caught in a waking dream, she regains her memory. It gives little away to reveal that the plot involves the Pied Piper and a power struggle between the leaders of the Fair Realm, Prince Morragan and his brother, High King Angavar. Generously padded with rococo description, pseudomedieval blather, and thinly disguised folk tales, thus far less original, satisfying, or involving than volume one. Still, Dart-Thornton's clearly talented, and fans of the previous will want to check this one out while keeping fingers crossed for book three.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940191087511
Publisher:	Leaves of Gold Press
Publication date:	08/08/2024
Series:	The Bitterbynde Trilogy
Edition description:	Unabridged

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