Black Eagle Rising (The Books of Elita #3) by Kate Jacoby

. . . and the Word of Destruction was raised against the Angel of Darkness and his army of Malachi as they lay siege to Elita . . .

When Robert Douglas wielded the Word, the sorcerer Nash was grievously wounded, his Malachi army destroyed and Elita almost razed to the ground.

Robert, reviled the length and breadth of the land as a sorcerer, has not been idle in his exile: he has been raiding the Guildehalls, repositories of what few texts on magic there are, to find ways to keep the Prophecy from destroying all he holds dear.

Jenn, though kept virtual prisoner by Teige Eachern, her brutish husband, has had the solace of her son Andrew as he grows ever more in his father's image.

But times are changing: the usurper, King Selar, plots to spread his iron rule even further, coveting Mayenne, his brother's kingdom. Eachern plots to send Andrew from his mother so he can subdue his young, unwilling bride even more . . .and Robert plots to raise an army and free his beloved country from the dual threat of Selar and Nash, the Angel of Darkness.

Black Eagle Rising is the Third Book of Elita, Kate Jacoby's glorious epic of political intrigue and sorcery.

Genres: Fantasy - Epic Fantasy - High Fantasy - Adventure - Sword & Sorcery - Magic - Australian Author