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Rys Rising #4
Love Lost
Courage only goes so far.
In this breathtaking conclusion to the series, unleashed monsters born of cruel spells test the mettle of the sturdiest warriors. Soul wrenching chaos consumes the faith of thousands, and Nufal meets an awesome assault ignited by the raging power of love lost.
Dacian embraces Onja’s dark inspirations and helps twist the flesh of captives into powerful new beasts. While building a larger human army for his Goddess, Amar shrugs off an assassination attempt but then must lash out viciously after a vengeful attack against his lover the rogue Princess Demeda. His magnificent fortress continues to rise while he gathers all tribes to his supremacy. With his armies ready, he awaits Onja’s call to war and dreams of feasting upon the spoils of wealthy Nufal.
Threatened with a rys invasion, Cruce Chenomet hardens his body for brutal combat and labors to prepare his society to survive the onslaught of terrible enemies. The new fenthakrabi beasts magically conceived by his tabre allies disturb him with their unholy presence, but he remains devoted to Alloi, who has pledged to defend his people. Torn between his need to protect his secret lover and son on the frontier and his family in Kwellstan, Cruce struggles through ever worsening battles until he finally wagers his life against the most favored warlord of Onja.
In this breathtaking conclusion to the series, unleashed monsters born of cruel spells test the mettle of the sturdiest warriors. Soul wrenching chaos consumes the faith of thousands, and Nufal meets an awesome assault ignited by the raging power of love lost.
Dacian embraces Onja’s dark inspirations and helps twist the flesh of captives into powerful new beasts. While building a larger human army for his Goddess, Amar shrugs off an assassination attempt but then must lash out viciously after a vengeful attack against his lover the rogue Princess Demeda. His magnificent fortress continues to rise while he gathers all tribes to his supremacy. With his armies ready, he awaits Onja’s call to war and dreams of feasting upon the spoils of wealthy Nufal.
Threatened with a rys invasion, Cruce Chenomet hardens his body for brutal combat and labors to prepare his society to survive the onslaught of terrible enemies. The new fenthakrabi beasts magically conceived by his tabre allies disturb him with their unholy presence, but he remains devoted to Alloi, who has pledged to defend his people. Torn between his need to protect his secret lover and son on the frontier and his family in Kwellstan, Cruce struggles through ever worsening battles until he finally wagers his life against the most favored warlord of Onja.
- GenresHigh FantasyFantasy
460 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 15, 2012
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About the author
Tracy Falbe
33 books180 followersI write heroes with flaws with the heroines they need. Magic, epic landscapes, and the temptations of power fill my novels.
Please add my books listed below to your reading list. Many fantasy fans have enjoyed them.
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Rys Rising: Book I
Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I
Please add my books listed below to your reading list. Many fantasy fans have enjoyed them.
Freebies at my website:
Rys Rising: Book I
Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I
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May 17, 2015
An amazing finish to a spectacular series. This book is filled with the many battles at the end of an era, leaving a lost civilisation. Selfish leaders, lost cultures, heartbreak and death, joy and love, this story has it all. It is about people and life, all be it in a different world. This tale is about humanity. It is also about power and greed. I am left bereft at the end and totally exhausted at all that these people have endured. That one author can create such a world is a true reflection on this writer's skills.
I look forward to reading the following chronicles, but I understand they are thousands of years into the future. Will I ever know then, what happened to these individual human survivors, characters I have come to love? I must read on to find out.
I look forward to reading the following chronicles, but I understand they are thousands of years into the future. Will I ever know then, what happened to these individual human survivors, characters I have come to love? I must read on to find out.
August 30, 2015
Intense, exciting, heart-wrenching conclusion to the Rys Rising series. This book (and the whole series) are epic in scope, filled with vivid characters, a colorfully-drawn landscape, intense battles, and themes of courage, ambition, and mercy, and Ms. Falbe brings it all back home in magnificent fashion. A prequel to the Rys Chronicles series, which I look forward to starting on as soon as I catch my breath from this one.
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