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The Falcons, a group of renegade practitioners of forbidden magics, possess the knowledge to rid their land of the tyrannical necromancers that have the ability to devour souls. If Ry Sabir and Kait Galweigh can destroy the artifact known as the Mirror of Souls, they can overcome the enemy of their landDbut if they do so, they leave themselves open to attack from a greater evil. Lisle's conclusion to her rousing fantasy epic that began with Diplomacy of Wolves and continued with Vengeance of Dragons brings her heroes face to face with difficult choices that mirror their own souls' deepest qualities. A good choice for most fantasy collections, particularly in libraries where the series has a following. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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THE SECRET TEXTS Holly Lisle, the acclaimed author of the #1 Locus bestsellers Diplomacy of Wolves and Vengeance of Dragons, concludes the fantastic epic of The Secret Texts, as a millennium of blood curses, dark conspiracies, and arcane sorceries engulfs a world... THE FINAL BATTLE The Falcons, a band of fugitive wizards that includes skinshifters Kait Galweigh and Ry Sabir, struggle in their desperate battle against the immortal, soul-devouring necromancers called the Dragons. Meanwhile, a thousand tribes of long-banished Scarred declare war on the civilized lands, with a prophesied messiah uniting them into an unstoppable army. Bent on conquest and revenge, the Scarred don't care that their new leader, Luercas, is a being so evil that even the Dragons fear him... To defeat the Dragons, Kait and Ry must destroy the source of the sorcerers' power-the Mirror of Souls. But if they succeed, they will lose the only weapon that can stop Luercas from becoming a demonic god who will enslave the entire world...forever.


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The Secret Texts trilogy is the story of the deadly fight of smaller and weaker opponents against the enormous forces that wield evil magic in the world of Matrin. Over the course of the three-book series, a magical war threatening the people of an entire world will challenge the ingenuity of our heroes. In COURAGE OF FALCONS, Danya, Luercas, and their horde move on Ibera. Destruction, devastation, and disaster ensue. When Hardin fails to destroy this new threat, the Calimekkans bring back the few surviving Wolves who know the magic of the dark path. They offer endless sacrifices from their own people in a vain attempt to ward off the approaching evil. Meanwhile Kait and Ry are on the run, trying to figure out a way to create a new Mirror of the Dead that will contain Luercas permanently. Luercas has figured out that Kait and Ry are his main obstacle and begins to search them out to destroy them. Their only hope is to lure Luercas in and trap him in another Mirror of the Dead before he destroys them along with all of Ibera.

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THE SECRET TEXTS

Holly Lisle, the acclaimed author of the #1 Locus bestsellers Diplomacy of Wolves and Vengeance of Dragons, concludes the fantastic epic of The Secret Texts, as a millennium of blood curses, dark conspiracies, and arcane sorceries engulfs a world...

THE FINAL BATTLE

The Falcons, a band of fugitive wizards that includes skinshifters Kait Galweigh and Ry Sabir, struggle in their desperate battle against the immortal, soul-devouring necromancers called the Dragons. Meanwhile, a thousand tribes of long-banished Scarred declare war on the civilized lands, with a prophesied messiah uniting them into an unstoppable army. Bent on conquest and revenge, the Scarred don't care that their new leader, Luercas, is a being so evil that even the Dragons fear him...

To defeat the Dragons, Kait and Ry must destroy the source of the sorcerers' power-the Mirror of Souls. But if they succeed, they will lose the only weapon that can stop Luercas from becoming a demonic god who will enslave the entire world...forever.

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In COURAGE OF FALCONS, Danya, Luercas, and their horde move on Ibera. Destruction, devastation, and disaster ensue. When Hardin fails to destroy this new threat, the Calimekkans bring back the few surviving Wolves who know the magic of the dark path.

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Library Journal

The Falcons, a group of renegade practitioners of forbidden magics, possess the knowledge to rid their land of the tyrannical necromancers that have the ability to devour souls. If Ry Sabir and Kait Galweigh can destroy the artifact known as the Mirror of Souls, they can overcome the enemy of their land--but if they do so, they leave themselves open to attack from a greater evil. Lisle's conclusion to her rousing fantasy epic that began with Diplomacy of Wolves and continued with Vengeance of Dragons brings her heroes face to face with difficult choices that mirror their own souls' deepest qualities. A good choice for most fantasy collections, particularly in libraries where the series has a following. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Kirkus Reviews

Final installment in Lisle's trilogy (Vengeance of Dragons, 1999, etc.) about the power struggle between the Sabirs and the Galweighs, and the evilsorcerer Dragons who intend to enslave them all. Shapeshifters Kait Galweigh and Ry Sabir, now an item, have recovered the Mirror of Souls, the immortality engine invented by Dragons Dafril and Luercas. Dafril has occupied the body of the evil Crispin Sabir and, having captured Hasmal, Kait's ally, is torturing him to reveal all. Rejuvenated Falcon Dughall expels Dafril's soul back into the mirror, but Crispin immediately kills Hasmal, who becomes a disembodied glowing spirit. With Dughall's help, Kait then forces the other escaped Dragon souls back inside the Mirror. Now it must be destroyed, or Kait will be tempted to use it. Kait and Ry also acquire a friend, Ulwe, the daughter of Crispin; she's been raised among shapeshifters in a far distant land and has the ability to acquire knowledge of distant events. Ulwe's mission, hopeless though it seems, is to redeem her evil father. Luercas, meanwhile, safe inside the body of a child—he did not have to expel the child's spirit and thus the Mirror cannot reclaim him—raises a huge army of outcast, furious shapeshifters, and prepares to gain his revenge.