num_pages: 470
description: Prince Boleso is dead -- slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile.Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff has been dispatched to the remote castle of the late, exiled, half-mad royal to transport the body to its burial place and the accused killer, the Lady Ijada, to judgment. Ingrey's mission is an ugly and delicate one, for the imminent death of the old Hallow King has placed the crown in play, and the murder of his youngest son threatens to further roil already treacherous political waters. But there is more here than a prince's degenerate lusts and the fatal retribution it engendered. Boleso's dark act, though unfinished, inadvertently bestowed an unwanted mystical ""gift"" upon proud, brave Ijada that must ultimately mean her doom -- a curse similar to one with which Ingrey himself has been burdened since boyhood.A forbidden spirit now inhabits the soul of Ijada, giving her senses she never wished for and an obligation no one sane would desire. At once psychically linked to the remarkable lady and repelled by what she carries within, Ingrey fears the havoc his own inner beast could wreak while on their journey, as he fights a powerful growing attraction ... and an equally powerful compulsion to kill.The road they travel together is beset with dangers -- and though duty-bound to deliver Ijada to an almost certain execution, Ingrey soon realizes that she is the only one he dares trust. For a malevolent enemy with designs on a troubled kingdom holds Ingrey in his sway -- and without Ijada's aid and love, the haunted lord will never be able to break free and realize the great and terrible destiny bestowed upon him by the gods, the damned, and the dead.
language: English
title: The Hallowed Hunt
titlecomplete: The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3)
characters: Earl Wencel Horseriver, Princess Fara, Lady Ijada, Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff, Lord Hetwar
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Magic, Audiobook, Epic Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 12023
places: Weald
series: World of the Five Gods (Publication), World of the Five Gods (Chronological)
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature
publisher: Eos