![]() ![]() The existence of the world hangs in the balance and love cannot be guaranteed to triumph in this glorious epic fantasy. ![]() When Dweia (Emmy) can't win any other way, Althalus will persuade her to lie, cheat and steal - reciprocating the lessons in truth, justice and morality Emmy has been giving him for some while. When Daeva can't win through battle, he tries revolution. Battles follow against Gelta the Queen of Night and the armies of Daeva involving many devious manoeuvres in and out of the House where Doors can be opened to any place at any time. First there is a quest to unearth the magical knife that will enable Emmy to assemble her band of essential helpers: Eliar (young soldier), Andine (leader of a small country), Bheid (black-robed priest), Gher (ten-year old orphan), Leitha (telepath/witch). Emmy is in fact their sister and she's setting out to save the world with Althalus to help her. He's read the book written by the god Deiwos, whose evil brother Daeva is trying to unmake the world. ![]() Only 2467 years and an ice age later does Althalus re-emerge with the cat, Emmy. What he can't find once he's in the house is the door by which he entered. At the House at the End of the World, he finds a talking cat! in the same room as the book Ghend described. Burglar, armed robber and sometime murderer, our hero Althalus is commissioned to steal a book from the House at the End of the World by a mysterious cloaked stranger named Ghend. A fabulous brand new Eddings standalone fantasy, set in an entirely new magical world. ![]()
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