Student of Kyme (The Alba Sulh Sequence #2) - Wraeththu Mythos Series

Storm Constantine

Immanion Press

2008

196 páginas

6h 32m

ISBN-10: 1904853412

‘There is great store set upon the fact that Wraeththu are superior to humankind, but the truth of it is that we have the potential to be greater. We derive from humanity, and even those of us who proudly call ourselves ‘pure born’ still carry within us the material of our forebears. There have been great conflicts in our short history, and it is these that scholars use as illustrations in their discourses on how we can progress as a species. But to me, the smaller conflicts are just as important. While tribes might clash, and the lessons learned from these wars be world-changing, our personal battles are of equal value. These are the dramas we encounter in everyday life, in our small corners of the world; in work, in play, in love.’

The young Wraeththu har, Gesaril, has been shamed and cast out of Jesith, after an inappropriate affair with his hienama, Ysobi. Ysobi’s reputation was at stake, so Gesaril was made the scapegoat. Taken in by Huriel Har Kyme, a codexia of the famed Alba Sulh academy, Gesaril vows to begin his life anew in the Wraeththu city of learning. He is determined to put the past and its ghosts behind him, to restore his name and prove to hara he is not what Ysobi painted him to be.

But sometimes the past will not lie quietly in its grave, and Gesaril soon learns he must confront the restless ghosts and fight them. Ysobi is not done with him, but no har will believe him. If he is to retain his sanity and his hard won new life, Gesaril must win this bitter war alone, with magic dark and light. This is a powerful story of obsession, betrayal and doomed love, sure to be a hit with Wraeththu fans and followers of the dark and Gothic alike.