Valley of the Shadow (The Hand of the Khryseoi Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01GFDV32O |
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| Number of Pages | : | 299 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is their story.Act One: Valley of the ShadowThe Great War between the Khryseoi and Eurynomos has been won but at a heavy cost. They were granted many gifts, including immortality and named The Khryseoi, Spirits of the Golden Age. As time passes, Raven, a Khryseoi bowman, discovers Eurynomos’s servants still roaming the earth, murdering the Khryseoi from the shadows. Phylasso, leader of the Khryseoi, has sacrificed himself to bring the war to an end. With Phylasso gone, Raven faces his greatest challenge, to reunite the Khryseoi and stop Eurynomos’s dark spirits before they destroy all life forever.. The Hand of the Khryseoi TrilogyIn the distant past, an army of men and women were called upon to defend the earth from a great evil: Eurynomos, the God of Death
From Andre Rowell, Editor of M2 MagazineThis mythological adventure is clearly the beginning of a series. The characters have the feeling of being on a long developmental trajectory. Although it is basically a sword and sorcery piece, there are many pleasures and resonances woven through the action, not least of which is an interesting survey of various bits of the world at the time of the Roman Empire, and some speculative esotericism too. It is very thoroughly developed initially but leaves you wondering what next! The action is between the mythological Khryseoi and the classical Greek God of Death, Eurynomos, as briefly referred to by Hesiod. Fortunately they are immortal so can afford to take their time figuring things out.
"Mythic Excellence" according to D. B. Rose. Excellent mythic fantasy featuring the immortal Khryseoi in their ongoing battle against ultimate evil. Raven and his companions are the Hand of the Khryseoi, survivors of an epic battle which cost them more than two-thirds of their number, and, apparently, their leader. They were thirty thousand at the beginning, when the cryptic Phylasso gifted them with their immortality. But now their powers and their gifts are . Ariana P. said Venture into the Valley of the Shadow. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The plot weaves its way somewhere between fantasy and classical history as you follow a group of mysterious warriors who were granted immortality to defend humanity.The central character, Raven, is an archer and a Krhryseoi. He and the other Kryseoi were given the gift of being born again and again as part of an army raised by a god-like being named Phylasso in his war against the evi. bruno said Somewhat familiar, but for the best of reasons. Parts of this story were somewhat familiar to me, but for the very best of reasons.Imagine Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, but situated mostly in ancient Greece, and there are five immortal warriors instead of seven. The action takes place over millennia. The mission of this fated quintet, Raven, Xi, Klinge, Windsong and Tak, is epic in scale, spanning years and leagues as they seek to carry it out. Their