The Destiny of the Dead (The Song of the Tears #3)
Author: Ian Irvine
Desc: NISH HIS BATTERED LITTLE TROOP and his few remaining allies are trapped on the Range of Ruin by the God-Emperor's mighty army. Nish's only choices are a humiliating surrender to his father or a suicidal fight to the death. Yet Nish has to fight and somehow he has to win for the beautiful world of Santhenar is in peril and no one else can save it. Stilkeen an all-powerful shape-shifting being from the void has come to recover the stolen chthonic fire which once bound its physical and spirit aspects together and it wants revenge for the mortal insult that was done to it. But it may be too late for Santhenar; chthonic fire has been released from its casket and is now eating away the Antarctic lands as it once devoured the planet of Aachan. Even if by some miracle Nish can win the battle with his father there may be no way to stop the fire or Stilkeen before the whole world is consumed. Read first chapters: http://www.ian-irvine.com/destinydead... REVIEWS 'Unbelievably Irvine has managed to increase the pace of his story in this third and final volume – for sheer excitement there's just no one like Irvine around at the moment.' SFX 4 stars. 'This precise and beautifully crafted novel blooms from its ascetic opening to a resonant and rewarding climax. Makes what's currently available on fantasy shelves seem hackneyed and formulaic. Utterly absorbing." Stephen Davenport Independent Weekly.