David Zindell

The Diamond Warriors David Zindell

Can loving the enemy you hate be the only way to defeat him?

Valashu Elahad, son of an ancient line of kings, must claim the throne of Mesh if he is to have any hope of defeating Morjin, the fallen Elijin, the great Red Dragon. It seems impossible that he will ever do this. He has endured injustice and disgrace, and has lived as an outcast, practically as an outlaw. He has fled his land in shame to seek the Maitreya: the one person for whom the stolen Lightstone was meant. If he can regain the Lightstone for this great-souled being, then the golden cup might be used to quicken the peoples of the universe of Eluru in a great cosmic event called the Valkariad: the Ardun, the people of the earth, will be raised up as Valari who in turn will become immortal Elijin - even as the Elijin become the great Galadin who can never be killed. And the Galadin will go on to become Ieldra in creating new universes out the substance of their bodies and souls.

If Val does not place the Lightstone in the Maitreya's hands, then Morjin will free his master, Angra Mainyu, the Baaloch, once the greatest of the Galadin who has been imprisoned on the world of Damoom for a million years. Through a hole in the earth known as the Skadarak, Angra Mainyu sends a swirling blackness to slay Val. The more Val fights it, the more he hates it, the more power it gains and the more it harms him. So it will be if he faces Morjin in the great battle that has been building for years and ages. Val fears fighting this battle because a great scryer has foretold that: "His fate is yours. If you kill him, you kill yourself." More than death, though, he fears himself. If hate triumphs and Val fails, then Ea will fall and all of Eluru will fall into corruption and irreversible decay, becoming a dark universe that the Ieldra will need to destroy.

The Diamond Warriors brings to a magnificent conclusion the internationally acclaimed Ea Cycle that began with The Lightstone, Lord Of Lies, and Black Jade. If you enjoy fast-paced adventure, a startling new cosmology, and an intricately-made world as rich as Tolkien's and with all the magic of an Arthurian romance, you'll love this book.



Buy The Diamond Warriors today to take part in an epic journey as old as time.