Stalking Darkness
The Nightrunner Series, Book 2
Reeks: Nightrunner
Lynn Flewelling
- With
- the
- Leran
- threat
- laid
- to
- rest,
- Alec
- and
- Seregil
- are
- now
- able
- to
- turn
- their
- attention
- to
- the
- ancient
- evil
- which
- threatens
- their
- land.
- The
- Plenimarans,
- at
- war
- with
- Skalans,
- have
- decided
- to
- defeat
- their
- ancient
- enemy
- by
- raising
- up
- the
- Dead
- God,
- Seriamaius.
- The
- early
- attempts
- at
- this
- reincarnation--masterminded
- by
- the
- sinister
- Duke
- Mardus
- and
- his
- sorcerous
- minion
- Vargul
- Ashnazai--once
- left
- Seregil
- in
- a
- sorcerous
- coma.
- Now,
- an
- ancient
- prophecy
- points
- to
- his
- continuing
- role
- in
- the
- quest
- to
- stop
- Mardus
- in
- his
- dread
- purpose.Seregil's
- friend
- and
- Mentor,
- the
- wizard
- Nysander,
- has
- long
- been
- the
- guardian
- of
- a
- deadly
- secret.
- In
- a
- secret,
- silver-lined
- room
- hidden
- well
- beneath
- the
- Oreska,
- he
- has
- served
- for
- most
- of
- his
- 300
- years
- as
- the
- keeper
- of
- a
- nondescript
- clay
- cup.
- But
- this
- cup,
- combined
- with
- a
- crystal
- crown
- and
- some
- wooden
- disks,
- forms
- the
- Helm
- of
- Seriamaius,
- and
- any
- mortal
- donning
- the
- reconstructed
- Helm
- will
- become
- the
- incarnation
- of
- the
- god
- on
- earth.Nysander
- holds
- the
- cup
- and
- Mardus
- the
- wooden
- disks--one
- of
- which
- was
- responsible
- for
- Seregil's
- coma--but
- the
- crown
- must
- still
- be
- located.
- Threatened
- under
- pain
- of
- death
- by
- Nysander
- to
- keep
- his
- quest
- a
- secret
- even
- from
- his
- loyal
- companion,
- Alec,
- Seregil
- is
- dispatched
- to
- find
- the
- last
- missing
- piece
- of
- the
- Helm
- so
- that
- he
- and
- Nysander
- can
- destroy
- it.
- But
- this
- is
- only
- the
- beginning
- of
- one
- of
- his
- deadliest
- journeys
- ever,
- for
- the
- prophecy
- also
- holds
- that
- four
- will
- come
- together
- in
- a
- time
- of
- darkness,
- and
- gradually
- all
- that
- Seregil
- values
- is
- placed
- at
- risk
- as
- he,
- Alec,
- Nysander
- and
- Micum
- are
- drawn
- into
- a
- deadly
- web
- of
- terror
- and intrigue.
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