7/6/2023 0 Comments A cruel wind by glen cook![]() Worse yet, his lifespan has been magically extended. With Ilkazar in ruins, Varthlokkur is left without a purpose in life. ![]() The prophecy is fulfilled Ilkazar is reduced to rubble and Varthlokkur’s mother is finally avenged. He returns with holes in his memory and a mastery of magic few in the west can match. Varthlokkur travels to the eastern Dread Empire of Shinsan to study magic. The bright young boy grew into a taciturn, grim, focused adult. The authorities took mercy on the boy, handing him over to doting foster parents. Problem solved … or so the city’s rulers thought. Every witch, real or supposed, who fell into Ilkazar’s hands was prudently burned alive. ![]() ![]() The great city of Ilkazar actually heeded the grim prophecy that the city and its grand empire would fall because of a witch. 1979’s A Shadow of All Night Falling is the first book in Glen Cook’s A Cruel Wind fantasy trilogy, set in his Dread Empire secondary-universe. ![]()
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