With The Steel Remains, award-winning science fiction writer Richard K. Morgan turned his talents to sword and sorcery. The result: a genre-busting masterwork hailed as a milestone in

The Cold Commands

With The Steel Remains, award-winning science fiction writer Richard K. Morgan turned his talents to sword and sorcery. The result: a genre-busting masterwork hailed as a milestone in contemporary epic fantasy. Now Morgan continues the riveting saga of Ringil Eskiathâ€”Gil, for shortâ€”a peerless warrior whose love for other men has made him an outcast and pariah.Â

Only a select few have earned the right to call Gil friend. One is Egar, the Dragonbane, a fierce Majak fighter who comes to respect a heart as savage and loyal as his own. Another is Archeth, the last remaining daughter of an otherworldly race called the Kiriath, who once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic of the Aldrainâ€”only to depart for reasons as mysterious as their arrival. Yet even Egar and Archeth have learned to fear the doom that clings to their friend like a grim shadow . . . or the curse of a bitter god.

Now one of the Kiriathâ€™s uncanny machine intelligences has fallen from orbitâ€”with a message that humanity faces a grave new danger (or, rather, an ancient one): a creature called the Illwrack Changeling, a boy raised to manhood in the ghostly between-world realm of the Grey Places, home to the Aldrain. A human raised as one of themâ€”and, some say, the lover of one of their greatest warriorsâ€”until, in a time lost to legend, he was vanquished. Wrapped in sorcerous slumber, hidden away on an island that drifts between this world and the Grey Places, the Illwrack Changeling is stirring. And when he wakes, the Aldrain will rally to him and return in forceâ€”this time without the Kiriath to stop them.

An expedition is outfitted for the long and arduous sea journey to find the lost island of the Illwrack Changeling. Aboard are Gil, Egar, and Archeth: each fleeing from ghosts of the past, each seeking redemption in whatever lies ahead. But redemption doesnâ€™t come cheap these days. Nor, for that matter, does survival. Not even for Ringil Eskiath. Or anyoneâ€”god or mortalâ€”who would seek to use him as a pawn.
Country USA
Brand Del Rey
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-10-11
EANs 9780345493064

Country	USA
Brand	Del Rey
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-10-11
EANs	9780345493064

The Cold Commands

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