James Enge - A Tournament of Shadows Trilogy (epub) - j_ray

It's dwarves vs dragons in this origin story for Enge's signature character,
Morlock Ambrosius!

Before history began, the dwarves of Thrymhaiam fought against the dragons as
the Longest War raged in the deep roads beneath the Northhold. Now the
dragons have returned, allied with the dead kings of Cor and backed by
the masked gods of Fate and Chaos.

The dwarves are cut off from the Graith of Guardians in the south. Their defenders
are taken prisoner or corrupted by dragonspells. The weight of guarding the Northhold
now rests on the crooked shoulders of a traitor's son, Morlock syr Theorn
(also called Ambrosius).

But his wounded mind has learned a dark secret in the hidden ways under the
mountains. Regin and Fafnir were brothers, and the Longest War can never be over...



The masked powers of Fate and Chaos are killing gods in the land of Kaen, facing
the Wardlands across the Narrow Sea.

Vocates Aloe Oaij and Morlock Ambrosius cross into the unguarded lands, seeking
to uncover the reasons for the godslaying, and to avert any threat to the lands
the Graith of Guardians has sworn to protect.

After crash-landing on the hostile coast of Kaen, the two Guardians confront vengeful
frightened gods, a calmly murderous dragon, a demon called Andhrakar, and a bitter
old necromancer named Merlin Ambrosius.

Amid these dangers they find that they can trust no one but themselves - and each other.



From beyond the northern edge of the world, the Sunkillers (undying enemies of
everything that lives and breathes and is an individual) are reaching into the
sky of Laent to drain out its light and warmth. Their hope is to scrape sky, land,
and sea clean of mortal life and return to where they once dwelled, before the
first rising of the sun. Against them stand only the Graith of Guardians, defenders of
the peaceful anarchy of the Wardlands. But the agents of the Sunkillers are abroad
even in the Wardlands: plotting, betraying, murdering among the Graith.

Married now for a century, Morlock Ambrosius and Aloe Oaij will take different
paths to counter the threat. As Aloe ferrets out the enemy within the Graith, Morlock
joins forces with his sister, the formidable Ambrosia Viviana, and crosses the
monster-haunted plains of the deep north to confront the Sunkillers in their own
realm. Morlock and Aloe think their parting is temporary, but it is final. They
may or may not save the world, but they will not save each other, or themselves.

Series: A Tournament of Shadows
Titles: A Guile of Dragons; Wrath-Bearing Tree; The Wide World's End
Author: James Enge
Published: August 24, 2012, August 20, 2013, , February 17, 2015, by Pyr
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 1616146281, 1616147814, 1616149078
ISBN-13: 978-1616146283, 978-1616147815, 978-1616149079
Length: 279 pages; 377 pages; 375 pages