Bøger af Sebastien de Castell

Then Kellen comes across The Order of Black Binders whose strict training and rituals of self-privation enable them to hold back the Shadowblack - and Kellen quickly becomes sucked into their way of life .

Just before he's put before the Queen to be executed, Kellen is given a strange piece of advice from one of his fellow prisoners: kill the Queen and he'll be given clemency by those who take power.

The sixth - and final - instalment of the inimitable SPELLSLINGER series. Even Reichis has come to appreciate having a noble purpose - so long as no one minds him committing the occasional act of theft from the royal treasury. But thousands of miles away a war is brewing that the Argosi always warned could destroy the continent.

Meanwhile two strange Argosi appear, carrying secrets from Ferius' past, together with an unlikely Jan'Tep ally. And as time ticks on, all the cards in Ferius' deck point to the emerging tides of war .

Kellens liv som lovløs spellslinger går alt andet end godt. På flugt fra magere og dusørjægere ender han i landet Gitabria, der er kendt for sine fantastiske opfindelser. Det viser sig, at landets største opfinder har skabt en utrolig mekanisk fugl, der har tiltrukket spioner fra hele kontinentet. Spioner, der vil gøre hvad som helst for at få fingre i den. Men fuglen rummer en endnu mørkere hemmelighed – en der kan starte en krig – med mindre Kellen og hans følge kan afsløre den først. Tryllebinder er tredje bog i fantasyserien Spellslinger. En serie med magi, bedrag og heltemod – og en ondskabsfuld, talende egernkat.

Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage's duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. But when a daring stranger arrives in town, she challenges Kellen to take a different path. Perfect for fans of THE DARK TOWER, FIREFLY, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, TERRY PRATCHETT, BEN AARONOVITCH and JIM BUTCHER.

Kellens sektensårs fødselsdag nærmer sig, og det samme gør de fire magiske prøver, der én gang for alle afgør, om han kan blive en magtfuld jan’Tep-mager eller om han vil blive udstødt af sin familie og venner som sha’Tep-tjener. Der er bare et problem. Kellens magi er ved at forsvinde. For at undgå total ydmygelse, forsøger Kellen at snyde sig gennem en magisk duel. Men da en mystisk fremmed kommer til byen, udfordrer hun Kellen til at gå helt nye veje. Den fremmede, Ferius Parfax, er argosier – en rejsende, der lever af sin kløgt og de tre sæt spillekort, hun altid har på sig. Hun er besværlig og uforudsigelig. Men hun er måske Kellens eneste håb. Spellslinger er første bog i fantasyserien af samme navn. En serie fuld af magi, bedrag, heltemod og en ondskabsfuld, talende egernkat.

When every noble is a tyrant and every knight is a thug, the only thing you can really trust is a traitor's blade. The Three Musketeers meets Joe Abercrombie via Mark Lawrence.

The Greatcoats are back. 'First-rate fiction, first rate adventure, first rate full stop,' says Sunday Times bestseller Conn Iggulden, while Mark Lawrence says, 'a gripping read with genuine emotion and excitement.'

The Three Musketeers meets Joe Abercrombie via Mark Lawrence. The Greatcoats are back - and this time it's personal.

A brilliant story of adventure, wit and philosophy from the origins of the SPELLSLINGER series to enrapture devotees as well as newcomers alike. New to the ways of the Argosi, the tribe of wandering philosophers who seek to defeat evil by wit and guile, Ferius Parfax encounters a hideous plague - the Red Scream.

Ferius Parfax has a simple plan: kill every last inhabitant of the spell-gifted nation that destroyed her people, starting with the man who murdered her parents.

Kellen har forladt jan'Tep-folket, men opdager snart, at han er en lige så elendig spellslinger, som han var jan'Tep-mager. Det hjælper ikke, at hans eneste allierede er en utilregnelig kortspiller og en tyvagtig egernkat. Men Kellen kommer først selv for alvor i problemer, da han møder pigen Seneira, der ligesom ham selv bærer på en smertefuld hemmelighed. Samtidig breder den mystiske sygdom Sorteskyggen sig med voldsom hast. Skal Kellen redde sig selv - og alle omkring sig - må han finde årsagen til epidemien. Kellen vikles ind i et farligt eventyr med magi, afpresning og mord. Og stadig flere spor peger tilbage på hans eget folk ... Sorteskyggen er anden bog i fantasyserien Spellslinger. En serie med magi, bedrag og heltemod - og en onskabsfuld, talende egernkat.

The third utterly compelling fantasy adventure in the ARGOSI trilogy, exploring the origins of the SPELLSLINGER series to enrapture devotees as well as newcomers alike.Ferius Parfax is at long last ready to begin her life as an Argosi, a wandering philosopher and righter of wrongs. But she has debts to pay, and while breaking out a notorious thief from prison, she encounters one of the remnant of her people, the Mahdek.Chedran leads a group of young Mahdek who are determined to fight for a future for their people, free from persecution by Jan'Tep mages. Having repaid her debt to the thief Arissa, who had befriended her many years before, Ferius must now decide what debt she owes the society into which she was born. Meanwhile, she finds her feelings towards Arissa becoming more complicated.

THE ALCHEMIST meets THE THREE MUSKETEERS- with card tricks. A brilliant origin story of adventure, wit and philosophy to enrapture devotees as well as newcomers to the SPELLSLINGER series. Ferius Parfax has a simple plan: kill every last inhabitant of the spell-gifted nation that destroyed her people, starting with the man who murdered her parents.Killing mages is a difficult and dangerous business, of course, but when she meets the inimitable and extraordinary Durrall Brown she discovers that physical strength is not the only way to defeat evil of all kinds. So Ferius undertakes to study the ways of the Argosi: the loosely-knit tribe of tricksters known for getting the better of even the most powerful of spellcasters. But the Argosi have a price for their teachings, and by the time Ferius learns what it is, it may be too late.Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher.

A failed mage learns that just because he's not the chosen one it doesn't mean he can't be a hero in the fourth book of an exciting adventure fantasy series from Sebastien de Castell.For an outlaw spellslinger, the only way to survive is to hide.Kellen's curse is growing stronger, promising a future of madness and murder. And now that the bounty hunter sworn to kill ever last shadow black have caught his trail, he knows his days are numberedDesperate, Kellen braves a barren desert to find a mysterious order of monks rumored to posses a cure. But there are secrets darker and more dangerous than Kellen expected, and the price of his salvation may be more than he's willing to pay. Spellslinger SeriesSpellslingerShadowblackCharmcasterSoulbinderFor more from Sebastien de Castell, check out:The Greatcoats QuartetTraitor's BladeSaint's BloodKnight's ShadowTyrant's Throne