The Lions of Al-Rassan Kay Guy Gavriel
The Lions of Al-Rassan Kay Guy Gavriel Award-wining author Guy Gavriel's sixth novel, hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, is both a brilliant adventure and a moving story of love, divided…
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The Lions of Al-Rassan Kay Guy Gavriel
Award-wining author Guy Gavriel's sixth novel, hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, is both a brilliant adventure and a moving story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake -- or destroy -- a world.The ruling Asharites have come from the desert sands, worshipping the stars, their warrior blood fierce and pure. The Asharies empire has splintered into decadent city-states lead by warring petty kinds.King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, adding city after city to his realm, even though Cartada is threatened by forces both within and without. But over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, that stern piety has eroded.
Almalik is aided by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan -- poet, diplomat, soldier -- until a summer afternoon of savage