Warning: mild spoilers ahead!īishop actually has an interesting project. And, yes, Saetan is who you think he is - the ruler of this world's version of hell. I reread it at least once a year, and I never tire of the overheated adventures of Jaenelle, Saetan, Daemon and an awful lot of other characters with "ae" somewhere in their echt-fantasy-novel names. I'm a fervent, if not unabashed, fan of Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy.
So bring the Cheetos and the cheap pink wine, because I'm about to bring the guilt (though let's not forget the pleasure). Except for Gary Shteyngart - dude, call me up and let's talk about Zardoz, because I think you might be my new best friend. Or fried chicken, but only from this one perfect stall in the Taipei night market - not actually guilty at all. It's like saying your guilty pleasure is '50s pulp novels, but only first editions. But here's the thing - I don't think it's nearly guilty enough. I love the My Guilty Pleasure series, I really do. Petra Mayer is an associate editor at NPR Books. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. And so begins a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, where the weapons are hate and love-and the prize could be terrible beyond imagining.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Black Jewels Trilogy Subtitle Daughter of the Blood/Heir to the Shadows/Queen of the Darkness Author Anne Bishop And they know the power that hides behind the blue eyes of an innocent young girl.
Whoever controls the Queen controls the darkness. But she is still young, still open to influence-and corruption. Now the Dark Kingdom readies itself for the arrival of its Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. Seven hundred years ago, a Black Widow witch saw an ancient prophecy come to life in her web of dreams and visions.
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Novels of the Others comes the award-winning Black Jewels trilogy- Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness-together in one volume for the first time!Īnne Bishop’s critically-acclaimed Black Jewels Trilogy is the saga of one young woman’s destiny played out against the backdrop of three powerful realms.
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