The Red-Stained Wings
The Lotus Kingdoms, Book Two
$27.82
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2020
Summary
The sequel to The Stone in the Skull takes the Gage into desert lands under a deadly sky to answer the riddle of the Stone in the Skull.
The Gage and the Dead Man brought a message from the greatest wizard of Messaline to the ruling queen of Sarathai, one of the Lotus Kingdoms. But the message was a riddle, and the Lotus Kingdoms are at war.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780765380166 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0765380161 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Bear |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | Tor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 428g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 162mm x 33mm |
| Series: | The Lotus Kingdoms |
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Praise for The Stone in the Skull
“Elizabeth Bear sweeps the reader into a world of ravishing detail.”–Huffington Post
“Amazing worldbuilding, gloriously precise prose, and excellent pacing.”–Tor.com
“The Eternal Sky trilogy is one of the great fantasy epics of the last decade, and Bear triumphantly returns to that setting.”–Library Journal
“Glorious and dramatic.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“The plot hews closely to the whole band-of-rogues-assemble-to-fight-stronger-band-of-foes … Bear noodles around that trope like a jazz master and takes the story to some interesting places …”–Locus
“This is a promising beginning indeed for an epic … and it will no doubt be a magnificent journey.”–Booklist
“A panoramic drama that grabs and grips from Page 1 … vivid, absorbing, and thrilling.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Clever and beautifully written.”–Elitist Book Reviews
“A thoughtful, richly complex, humane work eloquently told and elegantly constructed.”–Fantasy Literature
“Enchanting.”–The Illustrated Page
About The Author
Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction. Bear lives in South Hadley, MA.
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