There were many times during the course of this novel when I failed to see how these situations would, or could, resolve to my satisfaction.

So much is ranged against Niko and for those of us who care about this deep, unique and complex, yet also strangely simple character, it’s often hard to read. He spurns the attempts of Randal, the Sacred Band’s pet mage and Niko’s former partner, to heal the breach between them. He becomes an avatar of the Storm God Enlil, and fathers the god’s child. He is wrongly charged with murder, and brutally tortured. Pursued by Askelon and Roxane both, he is also chosen to be the assassin who will kill the Rankan emperor and put another on the Lion Throne. Throughout this emotionally-charged novel, Niko is pulled this way and that. Yet Tempus is loath to give up on Niko - he knows the young fighter still has a part to play, even if he has lost his balance, his maat. Critias, Tempus’ second in command, exhorts the Riddler to let Niko go - in his confused state he’s a bad influence on Band morale. My heart went out to Niko in these opening passages, and it was continually wrenched and wrung throughout the novel by what this young fighter faced and endured.Įven the Stepsons, his sworn brothers, have turned against Niko. Magical intervention is not an option - indeed, Niko fears it will worsen the situation - so Niko struggles alone, watching his stricken mare weaken, unable to help her. Niko fears that the enemies which beset him - Death’s Queen, the Nisibisi witch Roxane, and the dream lord, Askelon - have caused his current problems and that his treasured mare, the only thing he has left that he cares about, will die because of his choices.

Niko, favorite of the Stepson’s commander Tempus, is desperate to save the life of his pregnant mare, and the half-Tros foal she struggles to birth. This is a city where death is so unfamiliar, so unknown, that animals slaughtered for a feast must be taken outside the city’s walls in order to be slain5(15).This third novel in Janet Morris’ Beyond series begins with one of the most poignant and emotional opening scenes I’ve ever read.

The City at the Edge of Time is a city of immortals, an eternal city now stuck in the muck and mire near the sea at the edge of time, where all things end.

Morris (Goodreads Author) avg rating - 85 ratings - published - 4 editions. This is a city where death is so unfamiliar, so unknown, that animals slaughtered for a feast must be taken outside the city’s walls in order to be slain5(17). The City at the Edge of Time is a city of immortals, an eternal city now stuck in the muck and mire near the sea at the edge of time, where all things end. > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK <<<< _City At The Edge Of Time by Janet E Morris Ebook Epub PDF ojl

Beyond Wizardwall by Janet E. Morris