Description
Corrupt politics and surprising superheroes, The Book of Transformations is the third book in Mark Charan Newton's Legends of the Red Sun fantasy series.
A new and corrupt Emperor seeks to rebuild the ancient structures of Villjamur. But when the stranger Shalev arrives, empowering a militant underground movement, crime and terror become the rule.
Emperor Urtica calls upon cultists to help construct a group to eliminate those involved with the uprising, and calm the populace. But there's more to these Villjamur Knights than just phenomenal skills and abilities - each have a secret that, if exposed, could destroy everything they represent.
Investigator Fulcrom of the Villjamur Inquisition is given the unenviable task of managing the Knights', but his own skills are tested when a mysterious priest, who has travelled from beyond the Empire's edge, seeks his help. The priest's existence threatens the church, and his quest promises to unweave the fabric of the world. Then in a distant corner of the Empire, the enigmatic cultist Dartun Sur steps back into this world, having witnessed horrors beyond his imagination. Broken, altered, he and the remnants of his cultist order are heading back to Villjamur. All eyes turn to the Sanctuary City, for Villjamur's ancient legends are about to be shattered.
About the Author
Mark Charan Newton was born in 1981, and holds a degree in Environmental Science. After working in bookselling, he moved into publishing, working on film and media tie-in fiction, and later, writing science fiction and fantasy including the Legends of the Red Sun and Drakenfeld series. He currently lives and works in Derbyshire.
Reviews
Newton's skill lifts the story beyond what might, in the hands of lesser fabulists, have been merely a string of cliches. This is a remarkable catalogue of transformations . . . The Book of Transformations is a dark and original vision. * The Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9780330521673
Author Mark Charan Newton
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Tor
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Series Legends of the Red Sun
Weight(grams) 522g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 27mm
