Winter King
Book 2 in the Sabazel Series

May 2002
Fictionwise.com
ISBN B-000-096B6-6

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In a world rooted in Mediterranean history and mythology, armies clash, magicks compete, and the gods set their pawns onto the gameboard. Andrion was named Beloved of the Gods. But divine love demands of him a test of strength. When his father's empire is betrayed and conquered by barbarians, Andrion flees to his mother's tiny amazon realm. There, in the midst of defeat, he must mortgage his innocence, assess his loyalties, and try to be the warrior his father once was. Meanwhile, Tembujin, the son of the barbarian Khan, finds in the midst of victory that betrayal is not reserved for his enemy, and that perhaps he doesn't want to be the warrior his father once was. Only by forming an uneasy alliance can the two princes regain their patrimonies, inch by inch and heart by heart.

Reviews

"...a marvelous sense of romantic adventure...unusually literate, intelligent and respectfully aware of the epic tradition...strong characterizations complimented by an evocative magical poetry in the imagery...plausibility in action and locale...use of Classical background assured and distinctive...firmly grounded in reality, tradition and myth." --Robert Hadji, Borderland

"A compelling story.  I read it through the night!" --R.A. MacAvoy

"A remarkably fine and thoroughly engrossing book!" --Patricia C. Wrede

"Original, imaginative, and believeable!" --Elizabeth Ann Scarborough>

"What the author has to say is well worth reading." --Different Worlds, 1988

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Note: I've always thought of this book as "Son of Sabazel". Inspiration for it ranged from tales of the Mongol Horde to the legend of El Cid.