The Wounded Guardian

Duncan Lay

ene 2010 · The Dragon Sword Histories Libro 1 · Distribuido por HarperCollins Australia

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A beautiful action adventure ... a fallen war hero fights the demons of his past, and in the process finds that family is not all about blood ...A debut novel from a brilliant new fantasy author
Martil is a haunted man - a war hero, now derided as the 'Butcher of Bellic'. Leaving his beloved homeland he is set upon by bandits and tricked into taking a small child, Karia, to her uncle. But they only find one ex-bandit in the town, along with the Dragon Sword, a magical relic belonging to the rulers of Norstalos. Norstalos's first-ever queen is trying to keep her crown. Her cousin, Duke Gello, wants it and is prepared to do anything to get it. Martil can find no way out of caring for a child, fighting for a queen and discovering that even a magical sword is no guarantee of victory ...

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Duncan Lay is the Masthead Chief of THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. He has worked for a number of different newspapers and media outlets. He has published the Dragon Sword Histories (WOUNDED GUARDIAN, July 09; RISEN QUEEN, Jan 10; RADIANT CHILD, July 10) and now the Empire of Bones series (BRIDGE OF SWORDS, August 2012). He lives on the Central Coast with his wife and two young children.