Shattered Pillars

Published Nov. 8, 2013 by Tor Books.

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978-0-7653-2755-0
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Shattered Pillars is book #2 in the Eternal Sky series, and continues right where Range of Ghosts ended. Temur is still searching for Edene, the woman who was kidnapped by the Nameless Assassins because of him. He continues to travel with Samarkar, Hsiung and Hrahima, towards the fortress of the Assassins. But that's just one of the many PoVs in this lovely novel. We learn more about the state of things in Tsarepheth and the Citadel of Wizards, battling a demon-plague. We witness the Nameless' dealings with Qori Buqa, setting him up with a wife of al-Sepehr's choice. We learn more about Edene. All this is presented in colorful, lush writing, reminiscent of Arabian or Eastern fairy tales and sagas. If I have a niggling point, it's that the end is yet another abrupt cliffhanger that makes me want to find out more. I still have no clue about al-Sepehr's …