Angel Mage by Garth Nix. Condition is Brand New. SIGNED.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty
sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she
emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than
nineteen, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united
with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara.
A
seemingly impossible quest, but Liliath is one of the greatest
practitioners of angelic magic to have ever lived, a genius at making
icons to summon angels, and supremely adept in forcing them to do her
bidding. Liliath already knew that most of the inhabitants of Ystara
died from the Ash Blood plague or were transformed into beastlings, and
she herself led the survivors who fled into neighbouring Sarance. Now
she learns that angels shun the Ystaran's descendents. If they are
touched by angelic magic, their blood will become ashes, or they will
turn into beastlings. They are known as Refusers, and can only live the
most lowly lives.
But Liliath cares nothing for the
descendants of her people, save how they can serve her. It is four young
Sarancians who fix her interest, for they are the key to her quest:
Simeon, a studious doctor-in-training; Henri, a dedicated fortune
hunter; Agnez, an adventurous musketeer cadet; and Dorotea, an
icon-maker and scholar of angelic magic.
The four feel a
strange, immediate kinship from the moment they meet, but do not know
why, or suspect their importance. Only Liliath knows their secret, and
she draws them in to her complex plot, just as she manipulates Queen
Louisa and her musketeers; King Ferdinand and his guards; Cardinal
Duplessis and her pursuivants; and the Refuser Night King Biscaray and
his criminal gangs. All become pawns in Liliath's grand scheme to
fulfill her destiny and be united with the love of her life. No matter
the cost to everyone else.