Nightwalker (The warlocks of Talverdin - Book 1) -

J. K. Johansen

Orca Book Publishers

2007

196 páginas

6h 32m

ISBN-11: 1551434814_

Maurey has always been persecuted for the colour of his skin and eyes. He has never known more about his parents than that his mother died the day he was born. When the king's chancellor discovers that Maurey possesses a ring belonging to the missing queen and another that may be the key to finding the hidden kingdom of the inhuman warlocks of Talverdin, he is imprisoned, revealed as a Nightwalker, and sentenced to execution in philosopher's fire. Rescued by a young baroness with her own reasons for fearing the chancellor, Maurey sets out on a dangerous journey to the land of his father's people. If he and Annot are to survive and prevent the destruction of the last refuge of the Nightwalkers, Maurey will have to call on human and inhuman skills he never knew he possessed, and win the trust of both sides of his family.

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Expelled from Cragroyal University's grammar school after the death of his guardian, orphaned Maurey has been forced to work as a scullion. The students torment him for his dark hair and eyes, features associated with nightwalkers-their island's feared sorcerers. His situation worsens when a ring he wears seems to link him to both the royal family and to nightwalker magic, causing the university's chancellor, a close advisor to the malleable king, to throw Maurey in the dungeon. A plucky young baroness helps him escape, and they live off the land as they travel toward Talverdin, the legendary realm of the nightwalkers. In Talverdin, Maurey discovers his true origins and learns that he must prevent the chancellor from bringing a large force through Talverdin's magical protections.