Adamantine Palace

#1 Memory of Flames

Stephen Deas, Stephen Youll

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Grafton
01 April 2010

Fantasy; Epic Fantasy; High Fantasy; Magic

Series: Memory of Flames

The Adamantine Palace lies at the centre of an empire that grew out of ashes.

Once dragons ruled the world and man was little more than prey. Then a way of subduing the dragons through alchemy was discovered and now the dragons are bred to be mere mounts for knights and highly valued tokens in the diplomatic power-players that underpin the rule of the competing aristocratic houses. The Empire has grown fat.

And now one man wants it for himself. A man prepared to poison the king just as he has poisoned his own father. A man prepared to murder his own lover and then bed her daughter. A man fit to be king

But unknown to him there are flames on the way. A single dragon has gone missing. And even one dragon on the loose, unsubdued and returned to its full intelligence, its full fury, could spell disaster for the Empire.

But because of the actions of one unscrupulous mercenary the rivals for the throne could soon be facing hundreds of dragons . . .

Stephen Deas has written a fast moving and action-fuelled fantasy laced with irony, a razor sharp way with characters, dialogue to die for and dragons to die by.

By: Stephen Deas
Designed by: Stephen Youll
Imprint: Grafton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 332g
ISBN: 9780575083752
ISBN 10: 0575083751
Series: Memory of Flames
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 April 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

Author Website: www.stephendeas.com

Stephen Deas was born in 1968. He once set fire to Wales. Well one bit of Wales. Twice. When not burning principalities, he played too much Dungeons and Dragons. Despite this he managed to study theoretical physics at Cambridge, get a job at BAE, marry and have two children. He now lives in Essex. With THE ADAMANTINE PALACE he plans to return to his first love; that of setting fire to things.