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A weaver of tales, a caster of spells, and a writer of rare imagination, Sarah Ash lends her unique vision to epic fantasy. In this captivating continuation to her story, the author of Lord of Snow and Shadows revisits a realm filled with spirits and singers, daemons and kings.
Gavril Nagarian has finally cast out the dragon-daemon from deep within himself. The Drakhaoul is gone—and with it all of Gavril’s fearsome powers. Though no longer besieged by the Drakhaoul’s unnatural lusts and desires, Gavril has betrayed his birthright and his people. He has put the ice-bound princedom of Azhkendir at risk and lost.
Emerging from his battle with the Lord Drakhaon scarred but victorious, Eugene of Tielen exacts a terrible price. He arrests the renegade warlord Gavril Nagarian for crimes against the Rossiyan Empire and sentences him to life in an insane asylum—for the absence of the Drakhaoul is slowly driving Gavril mad. But Eugene has another motive as well. He longs to possess the Drakhaoul—at any cost to his kingdom and his humanity. With Gavril locked inside the Iron Tower, three women keep his memory alive. His mother returns to the warmer climes of her homeland, where she foments the seeds of rebellion. A young scullery maid whose heart is broken by Gavril’s arrest sends her spirit out to the Ways Beyond. And even the emperor’s new wife is haunted by her remembrances of the handsome young painter who once captured her soul.
The five princedoms of a shattered empire are reunited. The last of Artamon’s ruby tears adorns Eugene’s crown. But peace is as fragile as a rebel’s whisper—and a captive’s wish to be free.
Glowing with the powers of light and darkness, Prisoner of the Iron Tower will astonish and enthrall you, as courtly intrigue collides with the fantastic—and good and evil become as nebulous as the outlines of a dream.
Gavril Nagarian has finally cast out the dragon-daemon from deep within himself. The Drakhaoul is gone—and with it all of Gavril’s fearsome powers. Though no longer besieged by the Drakhaoul’s unnatural lusts and desires, Gavril has betrayed his birthright and his people. He has put the ice-bound princedom of Azhkendir at risk and lost.
Emerging from his battle with the Lord Drakhaon scarred but victorious, Eugene of Tielen exacts a terrible price. He arrests the renegade warlord Gavril Nagarian for crimes against the Rossiyan Empire and sentences him to life in an insane asylum—for the absence of the Drakhaoul is slowly driving Gavril mad. But Eugene has another motive as well. He longs to possess the Drakhaoul—at any cost to his kingdom and his humanity. With Gavril locked inside the Iron Tower, three women keep his memory alive. His mother returns to the warmer climes of her homeland, where she foments the seeds of rebellion. A young scullery maid whose heart is broken by Gavril’s arrest sends her spirit out to the Ways Beyond. And even the emperor’s new wife is haunted by her remembrances of the handsome young painter who once captured her soul.
The five princedoms of a shattered empire are reunited. The last of Artamon’s ruby tears adorns Eugene’s crown. But peace is as fragile as a rebel’s whisper—and a captive’s wish to be free.
Glowing with the powers of light and darkness, Prisoner of the Iron Tower will astonish and enthrall you, as courtly intrigue collides with the fantastic—and good and evil become as nebulous as the outlines of a dream.
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Imprisoned in an Asylum
18 Oct 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Prisoner of the Iron Tower (2004) is the second Fantasy novel in the Tears of Artamon trilogy, following Lord of Snows and Shadows. In the previous volume, Gavril let the Drakhaoul destroy the Tielen army besieging Kastel Drakhaon and then rescues his mother from Swanholm. With help from Malusha, Gavril liberates himself from the Drakhaoul. Later Kaspar Linnaius, the Court Artificier, takes the terribly burned Prince Eugene away from the monastery of Saint Sergius.
In this novel, Gavril has lost his daemon, but the creature then possesses Andrei Orlova, Astasia's brother. Astasia returns to Muscobar with Count Velemir's ashes and discovers that the West Wing of the Winter Palace is aflame. The Tielens use her request to rescue the Grand Duke and Duchess as justification for the invasion of Mirom.
Emperor Eugene proposes to Astasia and she accepts. The Grand Duke agrees and gives Eugene the Mirom Tear of Ardamon. Now that all five Tears are possessed by Eugene, his jewelers reconstruct the imperial crown. After the fifth Tear is added, the crown glows red and a beam of red light shoots into the heavens. Following the imperial wedding, Eugene wears the crown for the first time.
With the formation of the New Rossiyan empire, Eugene begins to think about the defeat in Azhkendir. Gavril Nagarian still rules at Kastel Drakhaon. Eugene sends dispatches to the Northern Army.
In this story, a Tielen army once more besieges Kastel Drakhaon and Gavril surrenders himself to them rather than watch his druzhina die needlessly. He is taken to Mirom, tried and convicted for acts against the empire, and confined for life within an insane asylum. There his name is taken away from him and he is known only as Number Twenty-one.
Empress Astasia gets permission for Elysia Andar to return to Smarna. Despite Tielen occupation, Smarna is rapidly becoming a thorn in the side of the empire. When Elysia finally arrives in Smarna, she finds herself in the midst of a rebellion. When students demonstrate before the Old Citadel, the Tielens fire on them and kill a student; open insurrection is now inevitable.
Magus Linnaius searches the locked archives at Saint Sergius's monastery and discovers some forgotten information about the banished daemons. He also discovers more in Kastel Drakhaon and interviews Kiukiu about the casting out of Drakhaoul from Gavril. Linnaius then overwhelms her mind and gets her to lead him to Malusha.
The title and Gavril's confinement remind one of The Man in the Iron Mask. The context, however, is quite different. This novel has demons!
Recommended for Sarah Ash fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of political intrigue, demonic possession and exotic magic.
-Arthur W. Jordin
In this novel, Gavril has lost his daemon, but the creature then possesses Andrei Orlova, Astasia's brother. Astasia returns to Muscobar with Count Velemir's ashes and discovers that the West Wing of the Winter Palace is aflame. The Tielens use her request to rescue the Grand Duke and Duchess as justification for the invasion of Mirom.
Emperor Eugene proposes to Astasia and she accepts. The Grand Duke agrees and gives Eugene the Mirom Tear of Ardamon. Now that all five Tears are possessed by Eugene, his jewelers reconstruct the imperial crown. After the fifth Tear is added, the crown glows red and a beam of red light shoots into the heavens. Following the imperial wedding, Eugene wears the crown for the first time.
With the formation of the New Rossiyan empire, Eugene begins to think about the defeat in Azhkendir. Gavril Nagarian still rules at Kastel Drakhaon. Eugene sends dispatches to the Northern Army.
In this story, a Tielen army once more besieges Kastel Drakhaon and Gavril surrenders himself to them rather than watch his druzhina die needlessly. He is taken to Mirom, tried and convicted for acts against the empire, and confined for life within an insane asylum. There his name is taken away from him and he is known only as Number Twenty-one.
Empress Astasia gets permission for Elysia Andar to return to Smarna. Despite Tielen occupation, Smarna is rapidly becoming a thorn in the side of the empire. When Elysia finally arrives in Smarna, she finds herself in the midst of a rebellion. When students demonstrate before the Old Citadel, the Tielens fire on them and kill a student; open insurrection is now inevitable.
Magus Linnaius searches the locked archives at Saint Sergius's monastery and discovers some forgotten information about the banished daemons. He also discovers more in Kastel Drakhaon and interviews Kiukiu about the casting out of Drakhaoul from Gavril. Linnaius then overwhelms her mind and gets her to lead him to Malusha.
The title and Gavril's confinement remind one of The Man in the Iron Mask. The context, however, is quite different. This novel has demons!
Recommended for Sarah Ash fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of political intrigue, demonic possession and exotic magic.
-Arthur W. Jordin
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
After the war, one lost demon brings a host of new problems...
24 May 2008
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I have a recommendation for people reading this series. Read the books sequentially. There's just so much detail, so many political plots and characters and mythical things to remember that if you don't read the series all at once-well, let's just say I had to go back to "Lord of Snow and Shadows" for reference quite frequently.
Other than that little hitch though, I have to say this book is a heck of a follow up to the first one. Gavril Nagarian the very young ruler of the wintry nation of Azhkendir and heredity carrier of a dragon/vampire type of demon has at last cast it out but in doing so removed the best means of defense his people had. And after losing the war with the new Emperor Eugene of Tielen who has united the continent (although he did severely damage the mans appearance with some nasty burns) he has made Eugene angry enough to imprison him in a famed iron tower housing lunatics and political prisoners. A tower from which no one escapes-unless maybe you could breathe fire and fly...
At the same time Eugene's magician is searching for the source of the demon, as his master aspires to have one of his own, knowing nothing of the blood lust the creature inspires. Ruthlessly using Kiukiu, a spirit singer and Gavril's love to search the lands beyond to death for help he determines the location-and is about to unleash a plague of dragon demons upon the world...
And in rebellion in the new empire is about to explode. Add in a couple of demon hunters from a holy nation to the south and this is a book whose tempo never ceases to excite.
As with her last novel, Sara Ash clearly merits another four stars for this intriguing and excitingly. Fans of the first novel will not be disappointed. And I look forward to the third.
Other than that little hitch though, I have to say this book is a heck of a follow up to the first one. Gavril Nagarian the very young ruler of the wintry nation of Azhkendir and heredity carrier of a dragon/vampire type of demon has at last cast it out but in doing so removed the best means of defense his people had. And after losing the war with the new Emperor Eugene of Tielen who has united the continent (although he did severely damage the mans appearance with some nasty burns) he has made Eugene angry enough to imprison him in a famed iron tower housing lunatics and political prisoners. A tower from which no one escapes-unless maybe you could breathe fire and fly...
At the same time Eugene's magician is searching for the source of the demon, as his master aspires to have one of his own, knowing nothing of the blood lust the creature inspires. Ruthlessly using Kiukiu, a spirit singer and Gavril's love to search the lands beyond to death for help he determines the location-and is about to unleash a plague of dragon demons upon the world...
And in rebellion in the new empire is about to explode. Add in a couple of demon hunters from a holy nation to the south and this is a book whose tempo never ceases to excite.
As with her last novel, Sara Ash clearly merits another four stars for this intriguing and excitingly. Fans of the first novel will not be disappointed. And I look forward to the third.
A perpetual chase.
7 Feb 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the second volume of the Tears of Artamon (after Lord of Snow and Shadows and before Children of the Serpent Gate).
After the terrible battle in Azhkendir, Eugene is disfigured but alive, and asks Astasia to marry him. Seeing her Duchy going to pieces and fearing for her parents' sanity, she has little choice but to comply. The empire of New Rossiya is created.
Knowing that Gavril has cast out the dragon and is no longer a threat, Eugene takes the opportunity to seek revenge on the man who maimed him. Gavril is condemned and imprisoned in the Ironsea Tower, an asylum for the insane on the jagged and desolate cliffs of Arnskammar. How long can he resist calling the Drakhaoul to his rescue?
In the meantime, Gavril's mother Elysia travels back to her home in Smarna and kindles the flames of rebellion, while Kiukiu is sweet-talked by Kaspar Linnaius into helping Eugene find the way to Ty Nagar, where the Drakhaons are waiting for their release. The vicious Magus will leave her lost in the Ways Beyond.
In opposition to the first volume where I felt trapped with the heroes and struggling with them, in this book I was rather watching from afar. For me this middle-volume can be summarized as a perpetual chase, with characters repeatedly looking for others where they're not, and relatively few relevant events happening in the end. I did enjoy the court intrigue between Empress Astasia and the Francian singer Celestine, though, and hope the third part will grip me as much as the first one did.
After the terrible battle in Azhkendir, Eugene is disfigured but alive, and asks Astasia to marry him. Seeing her Duchy going to pieces and fearing for her parents' sanity, she has little choice but to comply. The empire of New Rossiya is created.
Knowing that Gavril has cast out the dragon and is no longer a threat, Eugene takes the opportunity to seek revenge on the man who maimed him. Gavril is condemned and imprisoned in the Ironsea Tower, an asylum for the insane on the jagged and desolate cliffs of Arnskammar. How long can he resist calling the Drakhaoul to his rescue?
In the meantime, Gavril's mother Elysia travels back to her home in Smarna and kindles the flames of rebellion, while Kiukiu is sweet-talked by Kaspar Linnaius into helping Eugene find the way to Ty Nagar, where the Drakhaons are waiting for their release. The vicious Magus will leave her lost in the Ways Beyond.
In opposition to the first volume where I felt trapped with the heroes and struggling with them, in this book I was rather watching from afar. For me this middle-volume can be summarized as a perpetual chase, with characters repeatedly looking for others where they're not, and relatively few relevant events happening in the end. I did enjoy the court intrigue between Empress Astasia and the Francian singer Celestine, though, and hope the third part will grip me as much as the first one did.
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