The Scrolls Of The Ancients Robert Newcomb Newcomb Robert by Robert Newcomb [newcomb, Robert] 9780345478436, 0345478436 instant download after payment.

With The Fifth Sorceress and The Gates of Dawn, the two previous volumes of the masterful epic The Chronicles of Blood and Stone, Robert Newcomb surged to the forefront of fantasy, proving himself the peer of Goodkind, Jordan, and Martin. Now, in The Scrolls of the Ancients, he takes his spellbinding saga of magic and adventure to harrowing new heights as Prince Tristan and his twin sister, Shailiha, face an ancient evil that threatens to bring death—or a corruption worse than death—to all that lives. . . .

THE SCROLLS OF THE ANCIENTS
Volume III of The Chronicles of Blood and Stone

Tristan and Shailiha are the Chosen Ones, prophesied to unite the opposing magics of the dark Vagaries and the benevolent Vigors. With the destruction of the Gates of Dawn, it seems that the wounded kingdom of Eutracia will at last have the chance to heal—and the Chosen Ones, under the tutelage of wizards Wigg and Faegan, can fulfill their rightful destiny.

Alas, such is not to be. For there is another who unknowingly possesses magic in his blood—great magic that, in the wrong hands, could unleash unspeakable evil. To find this unsuspecting soul, the Chosen Ones and their allies embark on a dangerous quest that will lead from the mysterious Chambers of Penitence to the sacred Isle of Sanctuary. A quest that will change everything Tristan and Shailiha think they know about themselves and their purpose.

But they are not the only ones searching. Krassus, a devoted servant of the Vagaries, has dispatched ships of demonic slavers to scour the coasts of Eutracia, capturing men and women and bringing them in chains across the monster-filled Sea of Whispers to the impregnable island fortress of the Citadel, where evil dreams take the form of living nightmares.

Aided by Tyranny, a pirate as fierce as she is beautiful, Tristan and Shailiha struggle to destroy the wicked demonslaver fleet. Meanwhile, the ill-fated pawn of magic is being held by Krassus at the Citadel. It is there that Krassus seeks to awaken the magic in his blood, imbuing him with dark enchantments from the mystic Scrolls of the Ancients—and transforming him into a weapon of evil such as the world has never known . . . and will not long survive.

From the Hardcover edition.

Too much exposition and characters less developed than in earlier installments mar the fast-paced final volume in Newcomb's Chronicles of Blood and Stone fantasy trilogy, set in the strife-torn realm of Eutracia. In the first book, The Fifth Sorceress (2002), Prince Tristan was forced to kill his own parents to save them from torture. In the second, The Gates of Dawn (2003), he had to battle his son, Nicholas, who had died and then been brought back to life devoted to evil. Here, just when Tristan was running out of family to feud with, Newcomb introduces his long-lost half-brother Wulfgar, a decent sort who's turned into an evil master of the Vagaries, who represent the dark side of magic. In the end, Tristan and his sister Shailiha fail to fulfill a major prophecy, a lack of resolution that will strike many readers as a poor way to conclude a series that started out with so much promise.
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Robert Newcomb is the author of The Fifth Sorceress and The Gates of Dawn, the first two volumes in The Chronicles of Blood and Stone. He traveled widely in his youth as a member of the American Institute for Foreign Study, studying at the University of Southampton, England, and aboard a university-sponsored ship in the Mediterranean Sea. After graduating from Colgate University with a B.A. in economics and a minor in art history, he enjoyed a successful career in business. He lives in Florida with his wife, a neuropsychologist and novelist. Visit the author’s Web site at www.robertnewcomb.com.

From the Hardcover edition.