LibCat » Книги » Приключения » unrecognised » Tamora Pierce - Lady Knight

Tamora Pierce - Lady Knight

Здесь есть возможность читать онлайн «Tamora Pierce - Lady Knight» — ознакомительный отрывок электронной книги совершенно бесплатно, а после прочтения отрывка купить полную версию. В некоторых случаях можно слушать аудио, скачать через торрент в формате fb2 и присутствует краткое содержание. Жанр: unrecognised, на английском языке. Описание произведения, (предисловие) а так же отзывы посетителей доступны на портале библиотеки ЛибКат.

Читать книгу

Название:
Lady Knight
Автор:
Tamora Pierce
Жанр:
unrecognised / на английском языке
Год:
неизвестен
ISBN:
нет данных
Рейтинг книги:
3 / 5. Голосов: 1
Избранное:

Добавить в избранное
Отзывы:
Написать комментарий
Ваша оценка:
- 60
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5

Lady Knight: краткое содержание, описание и аннотация

Предлагаем к чтению аннотацию, описание, краткое содержание или предисловие (зависит от того, что написал сам автор книги «Lady Knight»). Если вы не нашли необходимую информацию о книге — напишите в комментариях, мы постараемся отыскать её.

Duty or glory: which will she choose?The adventure continues in the final instalment of the New York Times bestselling series from the fantasy author who is a legend herself: TAMORA PIERCE. A powerful classic that is more timely than ever, the Protector of the Small series is about smashing the ceilings others place above you.Keladry of Mindelan has finally achieved her lifelong dream of becoming a knight – but it’s not quite what she imagined. In the midst of a brutal war, Kel has been assigned to oversee a refugee camp. Others are sent to fight.Though certain she has been given this inglorious and difficult task because Lord Wyldon continues to deny she is equal to her male peers, Kel is learning the importance of caring for people who have been robbed of their homes, of self-respect and of safety.Perhaps this is the most important battleground in the war?But when Kel discovers truths behind the monstrous killing devices that her friends are fighting without her, will she honour her sworn duty . . . or embark on a quest that could turn the tide of the war?A powerful classic that is more timely than ever, the Protector of the Small series is about smashing the ceilings others place above you.In a landmark quartet published years before it’s time, Kel must prove herself twice as good as her male peers just to be thought equal. A series that touches on questions of courage, friendship, a humane perspective – told against a backdrop of a magical, action-packed fantasy adventure.‘I take more comfort from and as great pleasure in Tamora Pierce’s Tortall novels as I do from Game of Thrones’ Washington Post

Lady Knight — читать онлайн ознакомительный отрывок

Ниже представлен текст книги, разбитый по страницам. Система сохранения места последней прочитанной страницы, позволяет с удобством читать онлайн бесплатно книгу «Lady Knight», без необходимости каждый раз заново искать на чём Вы остановились. Поставьте закладку, и сможете в любой момент перейти на страницу, на которой закончили чтение.

Тёмная тема

Шрифт:

↓

↑

Сбросить

Интервал:

↓

↑

Закладка:

Сделать

June 4–7, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff

Chapter 12: Renegade

Chapter 13: Friends

Chapter 14: Vassa Crossing

June 8, 460 Scanra, between the Vassa and Smiskir Rivers

Chapter 15: Enemy Territory

June 9–10, 460 the Pakkai road

Chapter 16: Opportunities

June 10–11, 460 Blayce’s Castle

Chapter 17: The Gallan’s Lair

Chapter 18: Blayce

September 10, 460

Epilogue

Cast of Characters

Glossary

Notes and Acknowledgments

Read on for a Preview of Tempests and Slaughter

Also by Tamora Pierce

About the Publisher

Map Contents Cover Title Page LADY KNIGHT BOOK 4 OF THE PROTECTOR OF THE SMALL QUARTET Copyright Praise for Tamora Pierce Dedication Map Mid-March, Corus, the capital of Tortall; in the 21st year of the reign of Jonathan IV and Thayet, his Queen, 460 H.E. (Human Era) Chapter 1: Storm Warnings Chapter 2: Tobe April 1–14, 460 near the Scanran border Chapter 3: Long, Cold Road Chapter 4: Kel Takes Command April 15–23, 460 the refugee camp on the Greenwoods River Chapter 5: Clerks Chapter 6: Defence Plans Chapter 7: Tirrsmont Refugees Chapter 8: First Defence April 30, 460 Fort Mastiff Chapter 9: Mastiff May 2–3, 460 Haven Chapter 10: The Refugees Fight May 6–June 3, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 11: Shattered Sanctuary June 4–7, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 12: Renegade Chapter 13: Friends Chapter 14: Vassa Crossing June 8, 460 Scanra, between the Vassa and Smiskir Rivers Chapter 15: Enemy Territory June 9–10, 460 the Pakkai road Chapter 16: Opportunities June 10–11, 460 Blayce’s Castle Chapter 17: The Gallan’s Lair Chapter 18: Blayce September 10, 460 Epilogue Cast of Characters Glossary Notes and Acknowledgments Read on for a Preview of Tempests and Slaughter Also by Tamora Pierce About the Publisher

MidMarch Corus the capital of Tortall in the 21st year of the reign of - фото 2

Mid-March, Corus, the capital of Tortall; in the 21st year of the reign of Jonathan IV and Thayet, his Queen, 460 H.E. (Human Era) Contents Cover Title Page LADY KNIGHT BOOK 4 OF THE PROTECTOR OF THE SMALL QUARTET Copyright Praise for Tamora Pierce Dedication Map Mid-March, Corus, the capital of Tortall; in the 21st year of the reign of Jonathan IV and Thayet, his Queen, 460 H.E. (Human Era) Chapter 1: Storm Warnings Chapter 2: Tobe April 1–14, 460 near the Scanran border Chapter 3: Long, Cold Road Chapter 4: Kel Takes Command April 15–23, 460 the refugee camp on the Greenwoods River Chapter 5: Clerks Chapter 6: Defence Plans Chapter 7: Tirrsmont Refugees Chapter 8: First Defence April 30, 460 Fort Mastiff Chapter 9: Mastiff May 2–3, 460 Haven Chapter 10: The Refugees Fight May 6–June 3, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 11: Shattered Sanctuary June 4–7, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 12: Renegade Chapter 13: Friends Chapter 14: Vassa Crossing June 8, 460 Scanra, between the Vassa and Smiskir Rivers Chapter 15: Enemy Territory June 9–10, 460 the Pakkai road Chapter 16: Opportunities June 10–11, 460 Blayce’s Castle Chapter 17: The Gallan’s Lair Chapter 18: Blayce September 10, 460 Epilogue Cast of Characters Glossary Notes and Acknowledgments Read on for a Preview of Tempests and Slaughter Also by Tamora Pierce About the Publisher

CHAPTER 1 Chapter 1: Storm Warnings Chapter 2: Tobe April 1–14, 460 near the Scanran border Chapter 3: Long, Cold Road Chapter 4: Kel Takes Command April 15–23, 460 the refugee camp on the Greenwoods River Chapter 5: Clerks Chapter 6: Defence Plans Chapter 7: Tirrsmont Refugees Chapter 8: First Defence April 30, 460 Fort Mastiff Chapter 9: Mastiff May 2–3, 460 Haven Chapter 10: The Refugees Fight May 6–June 3, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 11: Shattered Sanctuary June 4–7, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 12: Renegade Chapter 13: Friends Chapter 14: Vassa Crossing June 8, 460 Scanra, between the Vassa and Smiskir Rivers Chapter 15: Enemy Territory June 9–10, 460 the Pakkai road Chapter 16: Opportunities June 10–11, 460 Blayce’s Castle Chapter 17: The Gallan’s Lair Chapter 18: Blayce September 10, 460 Epilogue Cast of Characters Glossary Notes and Acknowledgments Read on for a Preview of Tempests and Slaughter Also by Tamora Pierce About the Publisher

STORM WARNINGS Chapter 1: Storm Warnings Chapter 2: Tobe April 1–14, 460 near the Scanran border Chapter 3: Long, Cold Road Chapter 4: Kel Takes Command April 15–23, 460 the refugee camp on the Greenwoods River Chapter 5: Clerks Chapter 6: Defence Plans Chapter 7: Tirrsmont Refugees Chapter 8: First Defence April 30, 460 Fort Mastiff Chapter 9: Mastiff May 2–3, 460 Haven Chapter 10: The Refugees Fight May 6–June 3, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 11: Shattered Sanctuary June 4–7, 460 Haven and Fort Mastiff Chapter 12: Renegade Chapter 13: Friends Chapter 14: Vassa Crossing June 8, 460 Scanra, between the Vassa and Smiskir Rivers Chapter 15: Enemy Territory June 9–10, 460 the Pakkai road Chapter 16: Opportunities June 10–11, 460 Blayce’s Castle Chapter 17: The Gallan’s Lair Chapter 18: Blayce September 10, 460 Epilogue Cast of Characters Glossary Notes and Acknowledgments Read on for a Preview of Tempests and Slaughter Also by Tamora Pierce About the Publisher

Keladry of Mindelan lay with the comfortable black blanket of sleep wrapped around her. Then, against the blackness, light moved and strengthened to show twelve large, vaguely rat- or insectlike metal creatures, devices built for murder. The killing devices were magical machines made of iron-coated giants’ bones, chains, pulleys, dagger-fingers and -toes, and a long, whiplike tail. The seven-foot-tall devices stood motionless in a half circle as the light revealed what lay at their feet: a pile of dead children.

With the devices and the bodies visible, the light spread to find the man who seemed to be the master of the creations. To Keladry of Mindelan, known as Kel, he was the Nothing Man. He was almost two feet shorter than the killing devices, long-nosed and narrow-mouthed, with small, rapidly blinking eyes and dull brown hair. His dark robe was marked with stains and burns; his hair was unkempt. He always gnawed a fingernail, or scratched a pimple, or shifted from foot to foot.

Once that image – devices, bodies, man – was complete, Kel woke. She stared at the shadowed ceiling and cursed the Chamber of the Ordeal. The Chamber had shown Kel this vision, or variations of it, after her formal Ordeal of knighthood. As far as Kel knew, no one else had been given any visions of people to be found once a squire was knighted. As everyone she knew understood it, the Ordeal was straightforward enough. The Chamber forced would-be knights to live through their fears. If they did this without making a sound, they were released, to be proclaimed knights, and that was the end of the matter.

Kel was different. Three or four times a week, the Chamber sent her this dream. It was a reminder of the task it had set her. After her Ordeal, before the Chamber set her free, it had shown her the killing devices, the Nothing Man, and the dead children. It had demanded that Kel stop it all.

Kel guessed that the Nothing Man would be in Scanra, to the north, since the killing devices had appeared during Scanran raids on Tortall last summer. Trapped in the capital by a hard winter, with travel to the border nearly impossible, Kel had lived with growing tension. She had to ride north as soon as the mountain passes opened if she was to sneak into Scanra and begin her search for the Nothing Man. Every moment she remained in Tortall invited the growing risk that the king would issue orders to most knights, including Kel, to defend the northern border. The moment Kel got those orders, she would be trapped. She had vowed to defend the realm and obey its monarchs, which would mean fighting soldiers, not hunting for a mage whose location was unknown.