Dark Debts (Mage Knight 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Doranna Durgin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mage Knight | Publication Date: April 29, 2003

Inspired by the popular game, the adventure continues as the mighty force of change rages across the Atlantean Empire—and exiles mount a sinister campaign of their own. . . .

MAGE KNIGHT: DARK DEBTS

As the dedicated members of the Black Powder Rebels make their move against the Atlantis Guild, chaos spreads throughout the Land. A group of Elves called the Necropolis Sect has devoted itself to mastering the dark arts and raising creatures from the grave. Driven from Atlantis years ago, they have established a hidden city of the dead in the distant Serpine Mountains.

An accomplished assassin from the Necropolis Sect, Kerraii is the mistress to Sarnen, an influential Death Speaker. Indebted to Sarnen for sparing her family, Kerraii belongs entirely to him body and soul. But after being sent into combat against Atlantis, Kerraii is imprisoned as a Magestone miner. While struggling to hide her true identity, she discovers a secret that could mean her freedom from Sarnen’s control. But will she be able to escape the clutches of slavery to plot her revenge?

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Inspired by the popular game, the adventure continues as the mighty force of change rages across the Atlantean Empire?and exiles mount a sinister campaign of their own. . . .

MAGE KNIGHT: DARK DEBTS

As the dedicated members of the Black Powder Rebels make their move against the Atlantis Guild, chaos spreads throughout the Land. A group of Elves called the Necropolis Sect has devoted itself to mastering the dark arts and raising creatures from the grave. Driven from Atlantis years ago, they have established a hidden city of the dead in the distant Serpine Mountains.

An accomplished assassin from the Necropolis Sect, Kerraii is the mistress to Sarnen, an influential Death Speaker. Indebted to Sarnen for sparing her family, Kerraii belongs entirely to him body and soul. But after being sent into combat against Atlantis, Kerraii is imprisoned as a Magestone miner. While struggling to hide her true identity, she discovers a secret that could mean her freedom from Sarnen?s control.

About the Author

After obtaining a degree in wildlife illustration and environmental education, Doranna Durgin spent a number of years deep in the Appalachian Mountains, riding the trails and writing SF and fantasy books (A Feral Darkness, Wolverine’s Daughter). She now lives in the Northern Arizona mountains, where she still writes and rides, focusing on classical dressage with her Lipizzan. There’s a mountain looming outside her office window, a pack of dogs romping in her house, and a laptop sitting on her deskæand that’s just the way she likes it.

Visit the author’s Web site at www.doranna.net.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (April 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345459695
• ISBN-13: 978-0345459695
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,235,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Doranna responded to all early injunctions to "put down that book/notebook and go outside and play" by climbing trees to read & write.

Such quirkiness of spirit has created a wandering path through the publishing world, spanning genres and form to include thirty novels and counting--mystery, SF/F, action-romance, and franchise, including the Compton Crook-winning Dun Lady's Jess--and a slew of essays and short stories.

But after all that, mostly she still prefers to hang around outside with the animals. She doesn't believe so much in mastering the beast within, but in channeling its power. For good or bad has yet to be decided.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shedding Light On The Darkness, May 17, 2003

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This review is from: Dark Debts (Mage Knight 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

There's just something about elves. Be it pointy ears, youthful appearance, their love of nature, there is just something about elves. Dark Debts is the story about a Wylden Elf named Kerraii who is captured by a Necropolis raiding party and brought to the City of the Dead where she is transformed into a Dark Elf femme fatale Nightblade.

Her backstory in the City of the Dead is told through flashbacks as the story progresses. The political climate within the city, although a major contributing factor, is touched upon briefly so as not to bog the flow of the story down with unnecessary information.

Kerraii is constantly being tested by her political rival Skulk, who while she seems to be besting him on a regular basis, has deeper motives and and hatred for her replacing him at DeathSpeaker Saren's right hand.

Kerraii is revealed as a dark and brooding soul with one thing on her mind... survival. Battle with the Atlanteans, imprisonment in a Magestone Mine, and the revelation that she has been betrayed by not only Skulk but also by Saren drive Kerraii to repay her Dark Debts and try to join the Black Powder Rebellion and Snow, the Arch-Mage Karrudan's assassin.

This book is an awesome read, and includes details about the famous Death Pits of Necropolis and of the provocative, erotic, and scantily clad Nightblades of the DeathSpeakers.