War casts its shadow over the lands that the dragons once ruled. Only the courage of a young woman with the mind of a gambler and loyalty to no one stands between hope and universal darkness. The high and powerful will fall, the despised and broken shall rise up and everything will be remade. And an old, broken-hearted warrior and an apostate priest will begin a terrible journe...(展开全部)

[美] 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 (Daniel Abraham)，1969年生的美国作家，上世纪九十年代中期开始从事幻想文学创作，曾在写作工坊中拜在世界幻想文学第 一泰斗乔治·R.R.马丁门下学习，两人结成了亦师亦友的关系，因此在后辈奇幻文学家中，被誉为是乔治·马丁的接班人。亚伯拉罕的代表作包括史诗奇幻“漫长的代价”四部曲，太空歌剧系列“扩张”、都市奇幻系列“黑日之女”和近期新的集大成的史诗奇幻与乔治·R.R.马丁、加德纳·多佐伊斯共同完成的科幻小说《猎人行》。

[美] 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 (Daniel Abraham)，1969年生的美国作家，上世纪九十年代中期开始从事幻想文学创作，曾在写作工坊中拜在世界幻想文学第 一泰斗乔治·R.R.马丁门下学习，两人结成了亦师亦友的关系，因此在后辈奇幻文学家中，被誉为是乔治·马丁的接班人。亚伯拉罕的代表作包括史诗奇幻“漫长的代价”四部曲，太空歌剧系列“扩张”、都市奇幻系列“黑日之女”和近期新的集大成的史诗奇幻与乔治·R.R.马丁、加德纳·多佐伊斯共同完成的科幻小说《猎人行》。

[美] 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 (Daniel Abraham)，1969年生的美国作家，上世纪九十年代中期开始从事幻想文学创作，曾在写作工坊中拜在世界幻想文学第 一泰斗乔治·R.R.马丁门下学习，两人结成了亦师亦友的关系，因此在后辈奇幻文学家中，被誉为是乔治·马丁的接班人。亚伯拉罕的代表作包括史诗奇幻“漫长的代价”四部曲，太空歌剧系列“扩张”、都市奇幻系列“黑日之女”和近期新的集大成的史诗奇幻与乔治·R.R.马丁、加德纳·多佐伊斯共同完成的科幻小说《猎人行》。

[美] 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 (Daniel Abraham)，1969年生的美国作家，上世纪九十年代中期开始从事幻想文学创作，曾在写作工坊中拜在世界幻想文学第 一泰斗乔治·R.R.马丁门下学习，两人结成了亦师亦友的关系，因此在后辈奇幻文学家中，被誉为是乔治·马丁的接班人。亚伯拉罕的代表作包括史诗奇幻“漫长的代价”四部曲，太空歌剧系列“扩张”、都市奇幻系列“黑日之女”和近期新的集大成的史诗奇幻与乔治·R.R.马丁、加德纳·多佐伊斯共同完成的科幻小说《猎人行》。

War and madness cast shadows over the lands dragons once ruled. Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will change everything. Cithrin bel Sarcour founded a powerful bank on stolen wealth, forged papers, and ready blades. Now every move she...(展开全部)

The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language edition Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runner amply attests. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth cen...(展开全部)

Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanati...(展开全部)

The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language edition Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runner amply attests. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth cen...(展开全部)

Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanati...(展开全部)