by Ian Irvine
Yalkara: one of the greatest of all the Charon, she took the surviving, sterile Charon back to the void, to extinction, at the end of the Tale of the Mirror, but then returned to Santhenar, trying to find a way to get her son Emberr out of the Nightland. It has since emerged that Yalkara stole chthonic fire in ancient times, so the Charon could escape from the void, but that fire made most of them sterile on Aachan, caused the volcanic ruin of Aachan and then, most ironic of all, her own son’s death. Now she is hunting Maelys, thinking that she could be pregnant with Emberr’s child. If she is, Yalkara plans to take it. She also appeared in Flydd’s mind, after his renewal, as the woman in red; and as Bel she helped he, Maelys and Colm to escape from Plogg, on their way to Elludore.
Yggur: A great mancer who has lived for far more than a thousand years. No one understands the reason for his incredibly long life, nor his unusual powers which, unlike almost all others’, were not lost when the nodes were destroyed at the end of the war. He was held prisoner by the Numinator for seven years but has recently been freed by his old rival, Flydd.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ian Irvine was born in Bathurst in 1950, and educated at Chevalier College and the University of Sydney, where he took a PhD in marine science.
After working as an environmental project manager, Ian set up his own consulting firm in 1986, carrying out studies for clients in Australia and overseas. He has worked in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region. An expert in marine pollution, Ian has developed some of Australia’s national guidelines for the protection of the oceanic environment and continues to work in this field.
Ian lives with his family in northern New South Wales. His 11-book epic fantasy series, comprising The View from the Mirror, The Well of Echoes and The Song of the Tears, has been published Australia, the UK, the US and in many translations, and has sold over a million copies. He is currently working on the long-awaited sequel to The View from the Mirror.
Ian can be contacted at https://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author
His web site is http://www.ian-irvine.com
Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153703.Ian_Irvine
OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
Epic fantasy
THE THREE WORLDS SEQUENCE
THE VIEW FROM THE MIRROR QUARTET
A Shadow on the Glass
The Tower on the Rift
Dark is the Moon
The Way Between the Worlds
THE WELL OF ECHOES QUARTET
Geomancer
Tetrarch
Scrutator
Chimaera
SONG OF THE TEARS TRILOGY
Torments of the Traitor
The Curse on the Chosen
The Destiny of the Dead
OTHER EPIC FANTASY
THE TAINTED REALM TRILOGY
Vengeance
Rebellion
Justice
Thrillers about catastrophic climate change
THE HUMAN RITES TRILOGY
The Last Albatross
Terminator Gene
The Life Lottery
For younger readers
THE RUNCIBLE JONES QUARTET
Runcible Jones, The Gate to Nowhere
Runcible Jones and The Buried City
Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass
Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass
THE GRIM AND GRIMMER QUARTET
The Headless Highwayman
The Grasping Goblin
The Desperate Dwarf
The Calamitous Queen
For primary readers
THE SORCERER’S TOWER
Thorn Castle
Giant’s Lair
Black Crypt
Wizardry Crag