Fifty Shades of Grey meets Game of Thrones, Kushiel's Dart is the first in a triptych of beautifully constructed historical fantasies that combine passion, danger, great battles, and deep eroticism. 'When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity on me.'
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Summary
Fifty Shades of Grey meets Game of Thrones, Kushiel's Dart is the first in a triptych of beautifully constructed historical fantasies that combine passion, danger, great battles, and deep eroticism. 'When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity on me.'
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Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Dart --a massive tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new. The first book in the Kushiel's Legacy series is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. A world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, deposed rulers and a besieged Queen, a warrior-priest, the Prince of Travelers, barbarian warlords, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess...all seen through the unflinching eyes of an unforgettable heroine. A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger... a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm... Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Ph
Critic Reviews
“"A very sophisticated fantasy, intricately plotted and a fascinating read." -- Robert Jordan "Perhaps once in a decade, if you are fortunate, you discover a debut novel as intoxicating as Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Dart . Part reimagined history, this sumptuous, spellbinding fantasy is kaleidoscopic in breadth, intimate in detail. It is sure to be read and talked about for years to come." -- Eric Van Lustbader”
"A very sophisticated fantasy, intricately plotted and a fascinating read." --Robert Jordan
"The novel is beautiful and carnal in a way that few American productions allow themselves to be, and it would be fascinating to bring something so intelligent, ethereal, and unapologetically sexual to the screen." --TIME
"A beautifully written story and a gem of a fantasy novel." --The Associated Press
"This brilliant and daring debut catapults Carey immediately into the top rank of fantasy novelists." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Making a marvelous debut, Carey spins a breathtaking epic starring an unflinching yet poignantly vulnerable heroine." --Booklist, starred review
"With her provocative debut novel, Jacqueline Carey introduces herself as an extraordinarily talented writer...Ms. Carey weaves an exquisite tapestry of politics, intrigue, history, magic, desire and fate into a breathtaking epic that will captivate readers." --Romantic Times, Top Pick/Gold Medal
"Jacqueline Carey astonishes with her first novel...sexy and sometimes shocking, if you don't mind your eyeballs popping out every couple of chapters, this is a swell tale." --The Detroit Free Press
"Compulsively readable...a saga worthy of the field's best writer on such a scale, George R. R. Martin. It's an astonishing debut." --Locus
"The highly distinctive voice of the protagonist, Phedre, captured me within the first few pages of the novel and held me spellbound.... This is a stunning debut novel." --Juliet Marillier
About the Author
New York Times bestseller Jacqueline Carey is the author of the critically acclaimed Kushiel's Legacy series ( Kushiel's Dart , Kushiel's Chosen , and Kushiel's Avatar ) of historical fantasy novels, the Sundering epic fantasy duology ( Banewreaker and Godslayer ), and the standalone epic fantasy Starless . Carey currently resides in west Michigan. Although often asked by inquiring fans, she does not, in fact, have any tattoos.
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