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Crown of Shadows: Final Volume of Coldfire Trilogy
Crown of Shadows Final Volume of Coldfire Trilogy Author:C.S. Friedman In the first two volumes of her acclaimed Coldfire trilogy, C. S. Friedman introduced readers to the beautiful but treacherous world of Erna, where humanity has fought a desperate struggle for survival against the fae-a force of nature which responds to the human psyche,indiscriminately bringing to life most treasured dreams or hideous nightmare... more »s. For more than a millenium now Erna's humans have maintained an uneasy stalemate with the fae,with adepts and sorcerers working for their own profit while the demonic creatures feed upon such efforts rapidly gain in power and ambition.Now one of these demons, a Iezu called Calesta, has declared war on all mankind.
Master of Illusion,devourer of pain, Calesta plans to remake the human speciesuntil mankind exists only to sate his unquechable thirst for suffering, and omens of his triumph are already apparent. even the Church of the One God seems to be in danger, the souls of its faithful corrupted by a demon whose very essence is sadism.Only Damien Vryce,warrior-priest of the One God, and his ulikely ally,the undead sorcerer Gerald Tarrant stand between Calesta and his triumph.........« less