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A NEW JOURNEY DAWNS

Audrun and her husband Davyd, along with the others of the land of Sancorra, have been left homeless because of the brutal Hecari. Consulting diviners, they learn that their newest child must be born in the peaceful province of Atalanda. They must now travel close to the sinister woodlands of Alisanos, where darkness awaits. Joining a karavan for safety, the family moves ever closer to the dangerous, mystical forest. And, as they are all about to discover, Alisanos is moving ever closer to them.

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ISBN-13:	9781101642511
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	04/03/2007
Series:	Karavans Series , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	649,757
File size:	548 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Roberson is the author of the Sword-Dancer Saga and the Chronicles of the Cheysuli, and collaborated with Melanie Rawn and Kate Elliott on the historical fantasy The Golden Key, a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. She has also published three historical novels, and several in other genres. An exhibitor and breeder of Cardigan Welsh Corgis, she lives on acreage in Northern Arizona with eight dogs and two cats. She is currently working on the third Karavans novel, with prologue available at her website, http://www.cheysuli.com/author/Index.html.

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Jennifer Roberson's Karavans (the opening volume of her first new series in two decades!) is a storytelling tour de force with all the trappings of a classic fantasy saga: a cast of fully realized and singularly unique characters, desperate quests, ominous prophecies, and intertwining plotlines filled with dark magic and supernatural intrigue -- all set in a war-torn realm drenched in blood.

Sancorra has been recently "sundered" by the brutal Hecari, leaving thousands of innocents displaced and seeking refuge in faraway lands. Davyd, his pregnant wife, Audrun, and their four children have lost everything; their only hope of a new life lies in following a karavan out of Sancorra to a distant province. The karavan will protect them from enemy patrols, highwaymen, and (most important) the deepwoods of Alisanos -- an ancient evil entity that is reawakening and spreading its darkness once again. Will people like Ilona, a beautiful diviner, and Rhuan, a mysterious karavan guide with otherworldly powers, be able to survive the looming madness?

Fans who have enjoyed Roberson's previous works -- the Sword-Dancer saga (Sword-Sworn, Sword-Born, Sword-Breaker, et al.) and the Chronicles of the Cheysuli -- will be absolutely blown away by this emotionally charged nomadic adventure through a world teetering on the brink of chaos. Set in one of the most vividly described and downright intriguing fantasy realms to come along in years, Karavans is arguably Roberson's best work to date. Featuring breathtaking cover art by artist extraordinaire Todd Lockwood, this is a "must-read" fantasy if there ever was one. Paul Goat Allen

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The first volume in a new fantasy saga from Roberson (Sword-Dancer) establishes a universe teeming with fascinating humans, demons and demigods, but a multitude of subplots make for a meandering start, with no real action until the final chapters. Fleeing the war-torn land of Sancorra and the bloodthirsty Hecari, who have conquered it, pregnant Audrun, her husband, Davyd, and their four children seek to travel in the last "karavan" of the season. The desperate journey to a new land is made more dangerous by the threat of nearby Alisanos, a place of doom and dark magic that can change locale at will-and for the first time in 40 years Alisanos is on the move. Ilona, a hand-reading diviner, can't see all the danger for Audrun and her family, but knows that tears, blood and grief most likely lie ahead. The karavan's guide, the mysterious Rhuan, has sworn to protect the karavan, but even his abilities may prove inadequate. Nothing is resolved by the end, but the pieces are in place for what promises to be a story of epic proportions. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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When their homeland of Sancorra is conquered, husband and wife Davyd and Audrun join a karavan of refugees fleeing to lands as yet untouched by war. As they near the deepwood forest of Alisanos, they take care not to enter the living, moving wood yet find that they may not be able to escape with their lives. Roberson (The Chronicles of the Cheysuli) begins a new series set in a world of warring nations and suffused with magic. For most fantasy collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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