A Cavern of Black Ice
- 792 pages
- 28 hours of reading
Book 1 of Sword of Shadows, by the Bestselling Author of A Fortress of Grey Ice
Sword of Shadows Series
Embark on an epic fantasy journey filled with ancient secrets, potent magic, and treacherous political schemes. Follow compelling characters as they uncover hidden truths and battle encroaching darkness that threatens their world. This saga weaves a rich tapestry of lore, complex motivations, and thrilling plot twists. Readers will be captivated by the intricate world-building and the morally gray dilemmas faced by its heroes and villains alike.
Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 2
A Fortress of Grey Ice
- 624 pages
- 22 hours of reading
"Wonderful . . . J.V. Jones is a striking writer." So says Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. And Jones lives up to that praise in the highly charged epic adventure of Ash March and Raif Sevrance, two outcasts whose fates are entwined by fate and by need, in the cold, dark world that threatens to be torn asunder by a war to end all wars. They are but two of many who fight the dreaded Endlords, but both Ash and Raif are special in unique ways that isolate them, yet which also enable them to perform heroic acts that might save their world. Raif, wrongly accused and cut off from his clan by the treachery of their new headsman, has a talent for killing that is part of his curse and his burden. But he bears another burden of greater weight. Ash is a sacred warrior to the Sull, an ancient race whose numbers have declined.Raised as a foundling, she never knew her true heritage, she must learn to accept the terrible gifts of her heritage. But as Ash learns more of her greater fate, Raif's task looms dark and desperate, for he must journey through the nightmare realm of the Want, a place where even the Sull now fear to tread. For deep within the Want is the Fortress of Grey Ice, and there he must heal the breach in the Blindwall that already threatens the world. Should he fail, not even Ash's powers can save them...
- 3
The Long Night has begun. The Endlords and their dark army of Unmade prepare to unleash untold destruction upon the world. Every Sull warrior must step forward and fight, or risk the North falling into eternal darkness. Key to mankind's survival is the sacred warrior Ash March. But for Ash to realise her true potential as a Reach, and become the Sull's greatest weapon, she must keep herself safe as the perils that surround her multiply. Raif Sevrance has an equally perilous task. The exile must travel to the barren wastes of the Red Glaciers and recover the legendary sword named Loss. For Sull legend decrees that he who wields the Sword from Red Ice will bring terror to their enemies. But fulfilment of these goals may yet come too late. In the remote reaches of the Bitter Hills, the Endlords' minions have made a cataclysmic discovery: a crack in the Blindwall, an ancient and unguarded passage leading directly into the realms of men.
- 4
Watcher of the Dead
- 608 pages
- 22 hours of reading
The world moves inexorably towards the final, apocalyptic battle that may spell the end of the realm of men, in the latest instalment of the acclaimed Sword of Shadows series.
