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The Song Of The Shattered Sands
''The Song of the Shattered Sands'' is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author Bradley P. Beaulieu. Starting in 2015 with ''Twelve Kings in Sharakhai'', the series was concluded in 2021 with ''A Desert Torn Asunder''. Several short stories and novellas set in the world of ''The Shattered Sands'' have been published, as well as an additional short novel called ''Of Sand and Malice Made''. Plot and setting The six book series primarily takes place in the fictional desert of the Great Shangazi, especially the city of Sharakhai. At the beginning of ''Twelve Kings in Sharakhai'', pit-fighter Çedamihn Ahyanesh'ala gets involved with the Moonless Host, a rebel organization intent on defeating the Twelve Kings who have ruled Sharakhai for more than four hundred years. * The Twelve Kings are the rulers of the desert city Sharakhai, who have been gifted immortality by the gods of the desert. Twelve poems exist with knowledge about how to get past their gifted powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Fantasy
High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.Brian Stableford, ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', (p. 198), Scarecrow Press, Plymouth. 2005. The term "high fantasy" was coined by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay, "High Fantasy and Heroic Romance", which was originally given at the New England Round Table of Children's Librarians in October 1969. Characteristics High fantasy is set in an alternative, fictional ("secondary") world, rather than the "real" or "primary" world. This secondary world is usually internally consistent, but its rules differ from those of the primary world. By contrast, low fantasy is characterized by being set on Earth, the primary or real world, or a rational and familiar fictional world with the inclusion of magical elements. The romances of William Morris, such as ''The Well at the World's End'', set in an imaginary medieval world, are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Beaulieu
Bradley P. Beaulieu is an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for his series ''The Lays of Anuskaya'', which he finished in 2013 with the publication of ''The Flames of Shadam Khoreh''. In 2015 Beaulieu published '' Twelve Kings in Sharakhai'', the first novel in his series '' The Song of the Shattered Sands''. Beaulieu started writing in college and has since been nominated for several awards, including the Gemmell Morningstar Award for ''The Winds of Khalakovo''. He dedicated himself to the craft, learning under the guidance of writers like Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella ''Beggars in Spain'', which became a ..., Joe Haldeman, Tim Powers, Holly Black, Michael Swanwick, Kij Johnson, and many more. Bibliography The Lays of Anuskaya * ''The Winds of Khalakovo'' (Night Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelve Kings In Sharakhai
''Twelve Kings in Sharakhai'' is the first book in the epic fantasy series '' The Song of the Shattered Sands'' by American author Bradley P. Beaulieu. It was published by DAW Books in 2015 and is followed by ''Blood Upon the Sand'' (2017), ''A Veil of Spears'' (2018), ''Beneath the Twisted Trees'' (2019), ''When Jackals Storm the Walls'' (2020) and ''A Desert Torn Asunder'' (2021). Plot introduction For four hundred years, the Twelve Kings of Sharakhai have ruled the Great Shangazi desert. They are immortal, ruthless and powerful. No hope exists of freedom under their oppressive rule. Or so it seems, until Çedamihn Ahyanesh'ala, a brave woman who fights in the fighting pits as the White Wolf, defies the King's laws and goes outside on the holy night of Beht Za'hir and discovers a secret that may well be the end of the Kings. Audiobook The unabridged audiobook is read by narrator Sarah Coomes and published by Brilliance Audio in 2015. References {{reflist, 1 External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |