The Curse on the Chosen (The Song of the Tears Book 2)
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Thapter: A flying construct.
The Hundred: The one hundred surviving Charon who escaped from the void, led by Rulke, then took Aachan from the Aachim and held them in thrall for thousands of years.
Three Worlds: Santhenar, Aachan and Tallallame.
Thurkad: Once the greatest city on Santhenar, it was occupied and partly destroyed by the lyrinx.
Tiaan: A troubled heroine first heard of towards the end of the lyrinx war. She destroyed all the nodes of power at the end of the war, taking most of the world’s Arts with them, and has not been seen since.
Time of the Mirror: The interval spanned by the Tale of the Mirror, roughly 224 to 220 years ago.
Triune: A double blending – one with the blood of all Three Worlds, three different human species. They are extremely rare but may have remarkable abilities. Karan and Maigraith were triune.
Tulitine: A mysterious old woman, healer and perhaps seer, who helped to bring together the Defiance.
Vivimord: See Monkshart.
Void, the: The spaces between the Three Worlds. A Darwinian place where life is more brutal and fleeting than anywhere. The void teems with the most exotic life imaginable, for nothing survives there without remaking itself constantly.
Whelm: See Ghâshâd.
Xervish Flydd: A former scrutator (spymaster and master inquisitor) on the Council of Scrutators, he was subsequently stripped of his position but helped to overthrow the corrupt scrutators and led the final struggle against the lyrinx which led to their defeat. Forced to flee at the end of the war, he spent nine years trapped by infirmity at the top of Mistmurk Mountain. There Maelys pressured him to take renewal so he could help them fight Jal-Nish and search for the antithesis to the tears, but the renewal went wrong.
Yalkara: The Demon Queen, the ‘Mistress of Deceits’. She took the surviving, sterile Charon back to the void, to extinction, at the end of the Tale of the Mirror.
Yggur: A great and powerful mancer and sworn enemy of Mendark, whose long life and great gifts have always been a mystery; he was a reluctant ally of Flydd during the latter stages of the war but has not been seen since.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ian Irvine was born in Bathurst in 1950, and educated at Chevalier College and the University of Sydney, where he took a PhD in marine science.
After working as an environmental project manager, Ian set up his own consulting firm in 1986, carrying out studies for clients in Australia and overseas. He has worked in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region. An expert in marine pollution, Ian has developed some of Australia’s national guidelines for the protection of the oceanic environment and continues to work in this field.
Ian lives with his family in northern New South Wales. His 11-book epic fantasy series, comprising The View from the Mirror, The Well of Echoes and The Song of the Tears, has been published Australia, the UK, the US and in many translations, and has sold over a million copies. He is currently working on the long-awaited sequel to The View from the Mirror.
Ian can be contacted at https://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author
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OTHER BOOKS BY IAN IRVINE
Epic fantasy
THE THREE WORLDS SEQUENCE
THE VIEW FROM THE MIRROR QUARTET
A Shadow on the Glass
The Tower on the Rift
Dark is the Moon
The Way Between the Worlds
THE WELL OF ECHOES QUARTET
Geomancer
Tetrarch
Scrutator
Chimaera
SONG OF THE TEARS TRILOGY
Torments of the Traitor
The Curse on the Chosen
The Destiny of the Dead
Other Epic Fantasy
THE TAINTED REALM TRILOGY
Vengeance
Rebellion
Justice
Thrillers about catastrophic climate change
THE HUMAN RITES TRILOGY
The Last Albatross
Terminator Gene
The Life Lottery
For younger readers
THE RUNCIBLE JONES QUARTET
Runcible Jones, The Gate to Nowhere
Runcible Jones and The Buried City
Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass
Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass
THE GRIM AND GRIMMER QUARTET
The Headless Highwayman
The Grasping Goblin
The Desperate Dwarf
The Calamitous Queen
For primary readers
THE SORCERER’S TOWER
Thorn Castle
Giant’s Lair
Black Crypt
Wizardry Crag