2755 cfb0d489-d7ca-4e93-a8c4-3d43aca9cc32 BattleAxe Sara Douglass calibre (2.43.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1995-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 <div><p>A thousand years ago the Acharites drove the Forbidden from their land. Now strange sightings along Achar′s northern border foreshadow their return. The barbaric tribes of the Ravensbund are pouring south with tales of fearsome beings who feed on the terror of their prey.</p> <p> Axis, bastard son of the dead Princess Rivkah, is sent to the battlefront of Gorkenfort with his elite Axe-Wielders. Once there, he must hand over command to his hated half-brother, Borneheld. But travelling north, Axis falls in love with Faraday - Borneheld′s bethrothed, and meets two priests who challenge the very essence of his beliefs.</p> <p> The Sentinels walk the land, the TreeFriend has been found, and the people of the Plough, the Wing and the Horn must set aside their differences and unite under one leader against the evil rising in the North...</p></div> HarperCollins (Australia) http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?3696 en Fantasy Novel _isfdb Nomination of 1995 Aurealis Award for Fantasy Novel