The Green Lion, by Leigh Grossman (Paperback) 0-8095-7180-3
Brand : Wildside Press
- SKU:
- 0-8095-7180-3
Available September 2007.
An innkeeper's son takes a dead man's armor and weapons,only to find himself enmeshed in a magical conspiracy. After his life is savedby a mysterious noblewoman, she promises him answers and more - but Falorn soonfinds himself betrayed and on the run instead, chased by her father and fianceand other, unknown attackers.
Among the dead man's possessions is a mysterious,otherworldly piece of ivory with an almost-living green lion on it. The cardgives Falorn strength, but also brings him enemies, and it makes him a part ofa mysterious fellowship that he doesn't understand. The key to understanding -and survival - lies with Sera, the young noblewoman who saved him, and who hein turn rescues from her abusive family. But Sera vacillates between loving andsecretive, between caring and betrayal - either because of her own cards orbecause of her abused childhood. And in a world where Falorn's life isthreatened every day, and in which the card he carries is drawing him into politicsand war, he may not live long enough for her to tell him the truth.
A fast-paced romp of a fantasy novel by the acclaimedbaseball writer and game designer.