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Twelve years after the last, and some thousand years earlier, a return to the
chronicles of one of the most powerful and successful domains of modern fantasy, a world
of magic, myth - and Ice.
Centuries before the beginning of The Anvil of
Ice, before the building of the Great Causeway, when the enveloping Ice seems to
have reached its limit, the young lands of North and South are on uneasy terms. War
appears to be inevitable. But some trade between them still continues, especially for the
peerless and power-filled metalworks of the Northern mastersmiths.
In one small town Kunrad, a single-minded young mastersmith, is carving out a
reputation as a fine armourer. In secret he has created the greatest suit of armour ever
made; armour fit for a king or a hero - or to make one.
When that armour is stolen by a powerful adversary, Kunrad has only one concern - to
regain it, by whatever means he can. It soon becomes clear that darker forces may be
ranged against him. But hopeless as it seems, helped and hindered by his two young
apprentices, the ox-like Olvar and the glib, quick-tongued Gille, Kunrad sets out on an
epic journey of discovery, filled with danger, magic, war - and love.
And at the heart of it all lies the awesome fortress of Ker an Aruel...
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