Título: Tides of Darkness
Autor: Judith Tarr
Sinopse: A stunning new fantasy adventure in the acclaimed Avaryan Chronicles Hailed as "a sweeping saga, spiced with exciting, unexpected plot twists" (Publishers Weekly), Judith Tarr's richly imagined Avaryan fantasy series has gained a broad and devoted following that eagerly awaits each new book. The first five volumes in the series chronicle the reign of a living Sun God and his descendants in an exotic realm torn by warring magical forces. Now, after more than five years, Judith Tarr at last offers her many fans a stunning new chapter in this majestic epic. A wild, spoiled princeling of the house of Han-Gilen, Indaros Karelios is handsome, arrogant, a seducer and tavern-crawler with little regard for the noble line that spawned him. But Daros is also a mage, unruly, untrained, and unbound by the constraints that block other workers of magic. Caught violating the mages' gravest prohibition, crossing through the forbidden gates between the worlds, Daros is brought to judgment before the Lady Merian, ruler of the Golden Empire, Mistress of the Gates, and heir of Avaryan. But in Daros' eyes, Merian sees something no one else has seen—a power that far exceeds any she has ever known, and a burning passion that kindles her own restive desires. Unable to take his life, Merian exiles Daros to serve the one person who might tame him, the Emperor Estarion, the near-immortal who relinquished his rule to live a simpler life in the lands to the north. As Daros learns to control his dawning powers under Estarion's discipline, he discovers a hideous truth: a vast, inexorable wave of darkness is approaching, devouring world after world. Recklessly seeking its limits, Daros vanishes into the chill night, and Estarion, too, is swept up by the shadow, landing on the shores of darkness, where he begins a new life in an ancient land plagued by demons of the night. Embattled and alone, Lady Merian calls upon her circle of mages to summon the power that will turn back the darkness, as Daros descends to the deepest heart of the darkness, risking his own life and soul to turn back the endless night.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Tides of Darkness”, de Judith Tarr, publicado pela editora Tor Books, em 2002 e com 416 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Tor Books
Páginas: 416
Ano: 2002
Edição: First Edition
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780312876159
ISBN13: 9780312876159
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Tor Books costumam explorar universos complexos onde a ciência avançada e o fantástico se entrelaçam, criando narrativas que vão do espaço sideral a mundos medievais reinventados. As histórias frequentemente apresentam conflitos humanos intensos, seja em guerras intergalácticas, intrigas políticas ou batalhas pessoais, com personagens que enfrentam dilemas éticos e decisões que impactam o destino de civilizações. O ritmo varia entre épicos de ação e relatos mais introspectivos, com vozes narrativas que podem ser jovens protagonistas em meio a grandes eventos ou figuras imersas em mistérios sobrenaturais. O catálogo sugere um equilíbrio entre tramas mais narrativas, focadas em personagens e emoções, e outras que aprofundam em conceitos científicos e especulativos.
