The Lady of Sorrows:
The Bitterbynde, Book 2
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Aspect, 5/2002
ISBN:044652803X
Combining a treasure trove of wondrous folklore with brilliant imagination, Cecilia
Dart-Thornton, acclaimed author of The Ill-Made Mute, returns to the phantasmagorical
world of The Bitterbynde. Here, flying steeds roam the sky while unearthly wights fill forest and field with terror-and one young woman must find the courage to face magic's darkest powers as she seeks her identity, her destiny…and her true love.
THE LADY OF THE SORROWS
Though her memory remains clouded by sorcery, Imrhien must take vital news directly to the King-Emperor of Caermelor. She hopes that there she may also find Thorn, the fearless ranger who has won her heart. Since no commoner may approach the royal court, Imrhien must assume a new identity as Rohain, a noble visitor from the distant Sorrow Isles. Her disguise helps her discover that the King and his rangers have departed to battle the Unseelie hordes that have suddenly declared war against mortals. While she awaits the King's return, Rohain is trapped in her masquerade, facing a court where treachery and deceit are as deadly as any eldritch peril.
Changes of fate occur, and for a brief while it seems Rohain's dream of happiness may be achieved. Yet her joy is short-lived. For attacks by nightmare monsters of the Wild Hunt, led by the Unseelie Lord Huon, grow ever more frequent and brutal. And when evil forces lay siege to the royal sanctuary on a hidden mystic island, Rohain must accept a horrifying fact: She is the real target of the monstrous attacks; she is the one whom Huon hunts. And she has no idea why.
To protect those she loves, the Lady of the Sorrows must undertake a desperate quest to discover who she is and why an unhuman evil would destroy a world to find her. But the truth of Rohain's past will prove more incredible-and far more tragic-than any she could possibly have imagined...
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