Emissary (Percheron Trilogy) - Softcover
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Born in 1960 and raised in southern England, Fiona McIntosh spent an early childhood in the gold-mining camp of Bibiani in Ghana, where her father was working. She studied in Brighton before starting a career in PR and marketing in London. She made Australia her home in 1980, continuing in a travel-marketing career with an ad agency, a tourism authority, and an international airline. Fiona married her magazine-publisher husband, Ian, and they now live in Adelaide with their teenage twin sons, Will and Jack.
Though the world-building remains top-notch, this slow-moving second installment of McIntosh's epic fantasy (after Odalisque) appears mainly designed to set up more interesting action in later volumes. Ana, a virginal odalisque, is trapped in the idle harem of Boaz, the chaste, adolescent Zar of Percheron. Nearly every man who sees Ana desires and adores her, not only the Zar but also exiled warrior Lazar and the goddess-touched, shape-shifting dwarf, Pez. However, Herezah, the Zar's mother, sees Ana as a dangerous threat to her supremacy in the harem, and she concocts a plan with chief eunuch Salmeo to bring about Ana's humiliation and demise. A new setting eventually blows a fresh desert breeze through the stifling atmosphere, but the hundreds of pages spent building up to Ana's escape attempt, including a disturbing scene of sexual torture at Salmeo's hands, will have the reader sharing Ana's longing to be anywhere other than the Zar's palace. (Oct.)
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- PublisherVoyager HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 073228340X
- ISBN 13 9780732283407
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages660
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Fiona's stunning new trilogy continues with the sequel to Odalisque . 'a street-smart enchantress' Sun-Herald Odalisque Ana is resigned to life in Percheron's famed harem and has little more than a blood-soaked veil to remind her that Spur Lazar, the man she loves, is dead. She is closely watched by Grand Master Eunuch Salmeo, and by the cunning and cruel Valide Herezah. the Valide, unhappy at Ana's influence over the young Zar, schemes to bring about the beautiful young woman's demise. But greater forces are at work. the demon Maliz has taken the guise of Percheron's Grand Vizier in order to stalk Iridor, the traditional accomplice of the Goddess. And a war is brewing. A long-time enemy intends to exact a vicious blood price for the death of its crown prince at the hands of the Percherese . and the only person in the Stone Palace who can negotiate for peace is about to die . 'riveting' Adelaide Advertiser 'the story moves along at a blistering pace. the cliffhanger ending . is superb' Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'Powerful, imaginative, action-packed and passionate' Woman's Day Odalisque Ana is resigned to life in Percheron's famed harem and has little more than a blood-soaked veil to remind her that Spur Lazar, the man she loves, is dead. She is closely watched by the scheming Grand Master Eunuch, Salmeo and the cruel Valide Herezeh. Galinea, intends to exact a vicious blood price for the death of the Prince. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780732283407
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