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Written on the Dark: From the bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Tigana and Under Heaven
By (author) Guy Gavriel Kay
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Both epic and intimate, Written on the Dark is an elegant tour de force about power and ambition playing out amid the equally intense human need for art and beauty, and memories to be left behind. Thierry Villar is a well-known - even notorious - tavern poet, intimately familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be swept into the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies. But he is indeed drawn into all these things on a savagely cold night in his beloved city of Orane. And so Thierry must use all the intelligence and charm he can muster as power struggles merge with a decades-long war to bring his country to the brink of destruction. As he does, he meets his poetic equal in an aristocratic woman and is drawn to more than one unsettling person with a connection to the world beyond this one. He also crosses paths with an extraordinary young woman driven by voices within to try to heal the ailing king - and help his forces in war. A wide and varied set of people from all walks of life take their places in the rich tapestry of this story.
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Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton
Published date | 21 May 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 320
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 220g
ISBN | 978-1-3997-4707-3
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BISAC | fiction / fantasy / historical
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