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The Curse of the Mistwraith
A Fantasy Novel by Janny Wurts
Book 1 of the The Wars of Light and Shadow Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Portal Fantasy,
- Prophecy,
- Sibling Rivalry,
- Light and Darkness,
- Reluctant Allies
This book is for you if you're into...
- Brotherhood stories with magic powers split between light and shadow
- Exiled heirs forced to unite against a supernatural threat
- Fantasy where ancient bloodlines and prophecy drive everything
Let each who reads determine the good and the evil for himself
Athera is besieged by the Mistwraith, which blights the land and dims the mysteries guarded by the last fugitives of the old bloodlines.
But from a prophecy springs hope: the gifts of two brothers – one dark, one fair, raised on opposite sides of a relentless war – when paired may challenge the Mistwraith's invasion, though at brutal cost…
Arithon, Master of Shadow, musician and mage, commands the power of illusion and darkness. Taken prisoner in battle, his fate falls to his half-brother, Prince Lysaer – a man endowed with the gift of light through the mother they share.
Lysaer is the legitimate son of a king who was betrayed by his queen's choice to father Arithon by his mortal enemy but that does not save him:
Vengeful fury drives the king to banish both Lysaer and Arithon from the world they know to the troubled realms of Athera beyond the Worldsend Gate.
The two exiles are thrown together by hatred and spilled blood – then bound by destiny to champion Athera's sundered heritage.
The highest stakes ride the backlash of their conflict – they must reforge their adverse ideals into balance, or destroy the etheric grace of a culture all but lost to antiquity.
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