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Series: Starshield
Volume: 2
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0345397622
Pages: 451 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Inc
Price: 25.45
Reader Rating: 9 out of 10
Votes: 7

Nightsword by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Description: Thousands of years ago, the mad emperor Lokan controlled the Nightsword - and imposed his twisted desires on all that lived. At his slightest whim, whole worlds were destroyed, and entire races were transformed. Then Lokan mysteriously vanished behind the Maelstrom Wall, into the quantum chaos of the galactic core. But legend says that somewhere behind the Wall, lost amidst the ghost ships of Lokan's doomed fleet, the Nightsword is hidden, its awesome energies waiting to be used again ... for good or evil. When Earther astronaut Jeremy Griffiths donned the Mantle of Kendis-Dai and became blessed - and perhaps cursed - with infinite knowledge, he learned the exact direction of Lokan's ill-fated route. And now the secrets stored in his head have made him the target of everyone who has ever coveted the Nightsword for their own ends. A man with unrivaled magical abilities and insidious instincts, Targ of Gandri yearns for the Nightsword in order to rule the universe once and for all. His protege and now-nemesis, Merinda Neskat, believes the sword has the power to restore the ancient empire of Kendis-Dai - the goal to which she has dedicated her life. Caught in the middle, Jeremy Griffiths wants only to get his crew safely home to Earth - and to impress the bewitching, bewildering Merinda Neskat. Yet he is caught firmly in the middle of galactic agendas beyond his control, and this new quest will prove to be the challenge of a lifetime....