{"product_id":"the-pale-sorceress-mangala-mcnamara-9781960160478","title":"The Pale Sorceress: Book Four of the Chronicles of Ilseador (The Prydeen Prophecy Cycle)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDamien sacrificed himself to save his ice-bound city from pirates and sorcery. Now he must endure captivity and learn the sorcery he lacks in order to win free and get back to his wife, his unborn child, his friends... and his Realm that is still facing an unknown threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**********\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Back Blurb: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing Damien sacrificed himself to save his ice-bound city from pirates and sorcery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he is captive to the ungentle whims of the evil sorceress, Azella the Unpitying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer magickal ability exceeds his own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamien's only hope to win free and go home to his soul-bonded Queen and unborn child - and his still-threatened Realm to which he is also Bound - is to persuade Azella to teach him what she knows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAzella is willing to teach him... for a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question is whether Damien can give her what she wants - without following her down the path of Evil Wizardry... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike his grandfather before him...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis epic fantasy explores the complex interactions of Magick and Philosophy, Means and Ends, and... CHESS...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant to start at the beginning? \u003cem\u003eBook One of the Chronicles of Ilseador: The Rebel Duchess \u003c\/em\u003eis available in print and eBook at all fine online retailers!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e********\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Teaser: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You'll do.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smile that Damien was all too familiar with curled Azella's lips. \"You'll more than do, in fact. My sources hadn't told me how \u003cem\u003ehandsome\u003c\/em\u003e you are. I shall quite enjoy this, I think.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamien tried not to roll his eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This beard...\" She stroked his chin. \"I assume you usually keep it a bit more trim. I usually prefer my bedmates to be cleanshaven. But then, they are usually too young to grow a proper beard. Perhaps I shall make an exception.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps you are making an \u003cem\u003eassumption, \u003c\/em\u003e lady sorceress,\" Damien said dryly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No,\" she said calmly. \"You are no innocent child, Damien. You know full well the Power that is raised through sex. You will be my Apprentice. You will share my bed. And you will do whatever else I require of you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe looked back at Azella just as calmly. \"I have sworn to my wife that I would touch no other woman in that way. And since I \u003cem\u003ealso\u003c\/em\u003e know that the Power raised is proportional to the joy found in the doing, it won't do you much good to compel me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose blue-grey eyes sparkled. It wasn't - quite - anger. Nor amusement. It was... challenge. Damien suspected that the sorceress rarely found something she wanted that she could not immediately bend to her will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe suspected that was why she had wanted \u003cem\u003ehim\u003c\/em\u003e in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Oh, I won't have to \u003cem\u003eforce\u003c\/em\u003e you to make love to me, Damien. You'll soon be \u003cem\u003ebegging\u003c\/em\u003e to do so.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mangala McNamara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960160478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960160478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rising Dragon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Mangala McNamara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113774788863,"sku":"9781960160478","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db086fa0-a5de-4284-b4f1-45d0abd13e4e.jpg?v=1769617233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pale-sorceress-mangala-mcnamara-9781960160478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}