num_pages: 773
description: Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and call new wars into being. Here is the long-awaited major new novel from one of the brightest stars in the fantasy and science fiction firmament. C.J.Cherryh's haunting story of the wizard Mauryl, kingmaker for a thousand years of Men, and Tristen, fated to sow distrust between a prince and his father being. A tale as deep as legend and as intimate as love, it tells of a battle beyond Time, in which all Destiny turns on the wheel of an old man's ambition, a young man's innocence, and the unkept promised of a king to come.
language: English
title: Fortress in the Eye of Time
titlecomplete: Fortress in the Eye of Time (Fortress, #1)
genres: High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Medieval, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy, Adult, Epic, Fiction, Epic Fantasy
ratings_count: 3965
series: Fortress
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel
publisher: EOS