Skirmish

Front Cover
Penguin, Dec 31, 2012 - Fiction - 672 pages
In this epic fantasy series for fans of George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb, Jewel Markess must contend with deadly court politics, and visions of looming magical threats.

When Jewel ATerafin returns home from the war in the South, she arrives moments too late to prevent the demonic assassination of Amarais ATerafin—The Terafin, head of House Terafin. Now the battle to become The Terafin and claim the House Seat will begin. Four candidates have declared themselves, but Jewel, The Terafin’s own secretly designated choice to become the next head of the House, has yet to announce her intentions.

Jewel does not want to make any decisions before The Terafin is laid to rest. But as enemies of the House and Empire mobilize, it becomes terrifyingly clear that everyone—including Jewel and her otherworldly allies—must survive the three days of the funeral rites before they can even be certain there will be a House Terafin left to fight over....
 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
25
Section 3
53
Section 4
79
Section 5
106
Section 6
134
Section 7
158
Section 8
185
Section 17
419
Section 18
437
Section 19
461
Section 20
483
Section 21
509
Section 22
532
Section 23
557
Section 24
583

Section 9
210
Section 10
236
Section 11
260
Section 12
285
Section 13
312
Section 14
338
Section 15
367
Section 16
393
Section 25
610
Section 26
635
Section 27
657
Section 28
658
Section 29
659
Section 30
660
Section 31
661
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2012)

Michelle West is the author of three interconnected series: The Sacred Hunt duology, the six-volume Sun Sword series, and The House War novels. She has published numerous short stories, as well as fantasty novels, under her maiden name, Michelle Sagara. She was a two-time nominee for the Campbell Award. She works part-time at BAKKA Books, one of Toronto's larger bookstores, and writes a column for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. She can contacted via her website, michellesagara.com.

Bibliographic information