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The King’s Challenge–
It was a proving ground for warriors in the Essalieyan Empire, the hallowed contest that made legends of men. And for Valedan, last survivor of the ruling family of the Dominion, it was a declaration of his right to claim the throne stolen from the Leonne clan by treachery and assassination.
Failure to earn the title of King’s Champion would not deprive Valedan of either his Dominion or Essalieyan allies, but winning would announce to the world that he was no callow boy, no mere pawn in the games of power. And the games of power were indeed being played–not only in Empire and Dominion but in the far more dangerous realm of the Lord of Night.
As the time of the Challenge neared, Valedan and all those who guarded him would be hard-pressed to survive long enough for him to enter the competition. For the demon kin had been set to hunt him down and destroy him. They had failed before, though many innocents had paid the price. They must not fail again, for slaying Valedan was but the opening gambit in a war that would free the Lord of Night to reign over all the mortal world.
First Printing: 1998
Cover art by Jody Lee
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Tor Leonne–
the heart of the Dominion of Annagar, where the games of state are about to become a matter of life or death–and where those who seek to seize the crown will be forced to league with a treacherously cunning ally….Tor Leonne, ancestral seat of power, where Serra Diora Maria di’Marano–the most sought-after beauty in the land, a woman betrayed by all she holds dear–may strike the first blow to change the future of Dominion and Empire alike….
Averalaan Aamarelas–
that most ancient of civilized cities, the home of the Essalieyan Imperial court, has long been a center of magics both dark and bright. And though the Empire won its last war with the Dominion, and survived a devastating, magic-fueled battle with a far deadlier foe, both those victories were not without their cost….But now the realm is on the brink of a far greater confrontation, faced with an unholy alliance that could spell the end of freedom for all mortalkind…
First Printing: 1997
Cover art by Jody Lee
Since the early 1990′s, Michelle West has been writing fantasy novels and short stories. She was born in 1963 and is Japanese-Canadian.
Other names she has published under are Michelle Sagara (her legal name) and Michelle Sagara West. West is her husband’s last name.
Michelle currently lives in Toronto and works part-time at Bakka-Phoenix SF/F lit specialty store.
The first book of a new series set in the same universe as the Sun Sword series is The Hidden City. City of Night (the second installment) comes out in early 2010, and she’s now writing House Name (the third book).
Unsurprisingly, one of her lifelong passions is reading.
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