The course of the Third Crusade will be determined by us, not on the battlefield but here, in this room, by those gathered here at my request." She looked at her son, the emperor, and added, "At our request." Let me emphasize, gentlemen, that we here will decide the fate of millions of people-the fate of nations. "You have all seen the papers and each of you has participated in discrete discussions concerning Magister Vult's plan for the Crusade, but this the first time we have been able to father together. Hair was raised in New Zealand, and after briefly settling down in Britain and India and travelling the world, he now lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Mage’s Blood is his first work of adult fantasy and the first in his brand-new Moontide Quartet. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.ĭavid Hair is the award-winning writer of two YA fiction series, the Aotearoa (set in New Zealand), and The Return of Ravana (based on the Vedic epic The Ramayana). but it is three seemingly ordinary people that will decide the fate of the world.
The Magi are hell-bent on ruling this new world, and for the last two Moontides they have led armies across the bridge on "crusades of conquest." Now, the third Moontide is almost here, and this time the people of the East are ready for a fight. Most of the time the Moontide Bridge lies deep below the sea, but every twelve years the tides sink and the bridge is revealed, its gates open for trade. This strong debut should draw in fantasy readers of all stripes.” Hair portrays a stark and beautiful world breaking apart, with both good and evil characters desperate to reshape it through magic, war, and treachery. In a starred review of Mage’s Blood, Publisher’s Weekly said, “This multilayered beginning to the Moontide Quartet plunges readers into a taut network of intrigue and mystery that tightens with each chapter.
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Mage’s Blood, the first volume of a series called The Moontide Quartet, is Hair’s first work of adult fantasy. David Hair is the award-winning writer of two young adult fiction series, The Aotearoa and The Return of Ravana (based on the Vedic epic The Ramayana).
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