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An epic fantasy standalone novel from the author of the stunning Wars of Light and Shadow series. When Princess Anja fails to appear at her betrothal banquet, the tiny, peaceful kingdom of Sessalie is plunged into intrigue.
When Princess Anja fails to appear at her betrothal banquet, the tiny, peaceful kingdom of Sessalie is plunged into intrigue. Two warriors are charged with recovering the distraught king's beloved daughter. Taskin, Commander of the Royal Guard, whose icy competence and impressive life-term as the Crown's right-hand man command the kingdom's deep-seated respect; and Mykkael, the rough-hewn newcomer who has won the post of Captain of the Garrison – a scarred veteran with a deadly record of field warfare, whose 'interesting' background and foreign breeding are held in contempt by court society.
As the princess's trail vanishes outside the citadel's gates, anxiety and tension escalate. Mykkael's investigations lead him to a radical explanation for the mystery, but he finds himself under suspicion from the court factions. Will Commander Taskin's famous fair-mindedness be enough to unravel the truth behind the garrison captain's dramatic theory: that the resourceful, high-spirited princess was not taken by force, but fled the palace to escape a demonic evil?
- Sales Rank: #254774 in eBooks
- Published on: 2009-07-17
- Released on: 2009-07-17
- Format: Kindle eBook
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In this splendid fantasy about two warriors, a princess, and a demonic plot, the last is against Princess Anja of Sessalie, whom Commander Taskin thinks has been kidnapped. Captain Mykkael thinks there is more to it than that, but because of his race and mercenary background, he isn't readily believed until civil war threatens to break out in Sessalie. Meanwhile, Princess Anja has fled far away, and Mykkael has to flee for his own life, overtake her, enlist help for her, and finally lead her to safety through the monster-haunted terrain of Hell's Chasm. Once a marriage is arranged into a family of potent sorcerers, Anja can see about saving her realm and family, while Mykkael takes vengeance on the demons who, many years ago, drove him from his homeland and love. Wurts is skillful as ever at world-building and pacing, and her background as an artist shows in the kind of intensely visual writing that makes one wish more fantasy were written by artists. Roland Green
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An epic fantasy stand-alone novel from the Author of the stunning Wars of Light and Shadow series:
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Protecting the Princess
By Arthur W Jordin
To Ride Hell's Chasm is a singleton fantasy novel. The Kingdom of Sessalie is a quiet highland realm that longs for an outlet to the sea. The King and Chancellors have arranged a marriage for Princess Anja with the High Prince of Devall to gain treaty access to their seaport and the two royals have fallen deeply in love. The High Prince has returned to Sessalie for the upcoming betrothal ceremony and the town has become a madhouse of wild and drunken celebration.
In this novel, Captain Mykkael and his Garrison troopers have had busy days and busier nights. Mykkael hasn't slept in twenty hours and barely has the energy to tend to his lame knee. His sword shows use and needs a good cleaning if he can find time. The rumors have been varied and fantastic, including a new one that Princess Anja has disappeared. Then he is summoned to appear before the King.
The rumor doesn't have the half of it. The princess has apparently fled on her own and is no longer anywhere in the castle, town or environs. The Seneshal is frantically worried that the betrothal will be rejected by the High Prince, but the prince seems only to be deeply concerned for the princess, urging all possible measures to find her. Commander Taskin of the Palace Guard has men searching all of the princess's old childhood hiding places within the castle, but soon has to agree with Mykkael that the princess is no longer there.
A sorcerer's mark has been found in the castle cellars, but Mykkael knows that it is false, having had experience with the real thing. In fact, Mykkael is almost the only man in Sessalie who knows anything about sorcery and demons, having fought against them on several occasions, and is one of the few survivors of the futile defense of Efandi before it was overwhelmed by sorcery.
Another sorcerer's mark is only too real, killing one of the few other men in the kingdom with the knowledge to defend against sorcery. Other deaths also seem to have been caused by sorcery, even though some of the nobles blame Mykkael and try to force his trial for these deaths. However, the King is well aware of the captain's history and charges him with responsibility for finding and protecting the princess.
This story is a study of a man with heavy responsibilities, horrific experiences, and sorrowful memories. It is also a tale of the love that can develop between a man and woman enduring exhausting and terrible tests of stamina and perseverance. Underlying it all is the threat of demons, bound sorcerers, and their minions.
Highly recommended for Wurts fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of loyalty, persistence, and competence in the midst of great trials.
-Arthur W. Jordin
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
A rollicking yarn, Wurts at full steam - a must read
By Geoff
To refresh herself after the emotional toll of sending Arithon through Kewar Tunnel in Peril's Gate, Janny Wurts has written this stand alone story of honour, integrity and redemption as Mykkael, the coloured mercenary charged with securing and protecting the safety of the Anja, crown princess of Sessalie, through the physical and metaphorical trial of Hell's Chasm.
The story is deceptively simple - on the day the High Prince of Devall arrives in Sessalie to formalize his betrothal to Anja, Anja disappears and sorcery is suspected. Her intended fiance and her brother both want her found, the King of Sessalie orders Mykkael to find her and protect her. Has she been abducted or has she run? Mykkael is an outsider in both colour and origin and suspicion quickly falls on him, the populace of Sessalie easily led to this conclusion.
With sorcery afoot in Sessalie, Mykkael is forced to re-live his previous failure to protect a princess from sorcerous pursuit. With Sessalie turned against him, Mykkael must master both the real demons in Sessalie and the demons from his past. This book is as much a study of a principled character of robust integrity set under immense pressure as any "simple" chase story.
The world of Sessalie pulsates with the hallmarks of Janny Wurts' writing - self-serving nobility, the seething masses of the general populace, the populace easily swayed by rumour and innuendo and a fear of foreigners.
As a standalone novel, this is a good read and well worth following the trials of Mykkael to the emotional ending. As a tempter for the writing style of Wurts for those who have yet to read the massive Wars of Light and Shadow series, this is an essential starting point for the magic that is the writing of Janny Wurts
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Overly long, but give it a chance.
By Seth Merlo
For a single-volume story, Wurts has managed to pack an awful lot of backstory and history into her characters and world. In fact, there's probably enough here to have warranted this being a trilogy. The concept of sorcery and demons, and the means to combat them as described in the book are many and intricate, and not what I would usually associate with a single-volume novel that was obviously a diversion between Wurts' continuing 'Wars of Light & Shadow' series. However, I did appreciate the fact that plenty of time was spent on honing these concepts, as they genuinely do not come across something that was slapped together over a weekend.
There are a few themes running through this novel, with the most glaringly obvious one being the question of race and the acceptance of people based on their talents and abilities rather than the colour of their skin or their upbringing. Unfortunately, it is a theme that is too often tackled in the fantasy genre, and while it may have relevance to today's society, it has been done to death before (though not, it is worth mentioning, necessarily better). Wurts does manage to give an otherwise tired theme something of a twist, in that her lead character, Mykkael, a desert-bred foreigner who has won the post of Captain of the Garrison through skill at arms, is very much a fish-out-of-water, unused to life stuck behind a desk and pandering to the whims of the high-born who live in comfort behind the Highgate. Even the palace guard, no more than commoners (though of better ancestry), have a better social standing than the desert-bred Lowergate Captain. Mykkael's methods and, more importantly, his interpretation of his oath to the crown are what truly separates him from the rest of the populace that he serves among. Wurts chooses to dwell on how Mykkael interprets is oath and obligations, and in doing so, highlights what is lacking when a person, or even a nation, grows complacent and over confident in its own cleverness and security (again, perhaps an issue that is relevant today?)
Even so, I for one do not read fantasy to engage in complex sociological or political issues. I read fantasy purely as a means of escape. Unfortunately, I can't say that `Hell's Chasm' kept me hooked from cover to cover. The first half truly did - I was constantly questioning Mykkael's motives and where his allegiance truly lay, which is a testament to Wurts being able to successfully bring out her theme, and I was also gripped trying to figure out who the traitor in their midst truly was. What also intrigued me in this first half was the relationship between Mykkael and Taskin, the Commander of the Guard, both of whom place a great deal of importance and emphasis on duty and the execution of their oaths, but who represent two very different types of warriors. Once we hit the half-way mark though, this relationship is all but abandoned, and Wurts becomes bogged down in describing the ins and outs of sorcery, the geometry of cold and hot spell lines, and how a sorcerer hosts a demon and creates and maintains minions to do their work. Suffice to say that it's all complicated enough to warrant an appendix at the end to help explain things.
At least 100 pages could have been cut from the novel, just to tighten things up a little more. If it was the first book in a trilogy, then a lot of those pages could have been moved over to the second volume. As it is, by the time I hit 500 pages, I found myself wishing the story would end. The ending itself was both appropriate and a let down (if such a thing is possible). A tribe of people who have really only been hinted at throughout the course of the book suddenly turn up and save the day in two pages (though this is by no means a deus ex machina-style ending), but our lead character Mykkael does get a very decent conclusion. He is worth slogging through almost 700 pages of fairly intense detail to understand what truly makes him tick.
If you've never read Wurts before, then perhaps this would be a decent starting point. It does give you a good indication of the author's style and you only have to read the one volume, which at times can be refreshing after the endless `epic' 20-volume sagas that are currently plaguing the fantasy genre. Worth a look.
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