BattleAxe - 20th Anniversary Edition

A beautiful collector's edition of one of the first HarperVoyager books, celebrating 20 years since publication of one of Australia's most successful fantasy authors of all time.

A thousand years ago the Acharites drove the Forbidden from their land. Now strange sightings along Achar's northern border foreshadow their return. the barbaric tribes of the Ravensbund are pouring south with tales of fearsome beings who feed on the terror of their prey.

Axis, bastard son of the dead Princess Rivkah, is sent to the battlefront of Gorkenfort with his elite Axe-Wielders. Once there, he must hand over command to his hated half-brother, Borneheld. But travelling north, Axis falls in love with Faraday - Borneheld's bethrothed, and meets two priests who challenge the very essence of his beliefs.

the Sentinels walk the land, the treeFriend has been found, and the people of the Plough, the Wing and the Horn must set aside their differences and unite under one leader against the evil rising in the North...

"Sara is the godmother of fantasy storytelling in Australia/NZ and she blazed the trail where I followed and then a legion of new writers - especially women - began to march." - Fiona McIntosh

"Sara was both pathfinder and inspiration; we owe her a great debt." - Juliet Marillier

"Battleaxe is a page-turner par excellence, but it's also a rich and dense allegory of the medieval world and the Catholic Church... Welcome to the worlds of Sara Douglass. May you tread boldly and soar with the stars." - Karen Brooks

Sara Douglass was born in Adelaide but moved to Hobart in later life to write full time. She died in Hobart in September 2011. She was a lecturer in mediaeval history for La Trobe University for many years and was the first author to be published on the Australian Voyager imprint in 1995. She published 19 books of epic and historical fantasy with Voyager. She has won the Norma K Hemming award, the Australian Shadow's Award and was nominated three times for the US-based Reviewer's Choice awards.

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