Ice forged
By: Gail Z. Martin
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ascendant Kingdoms saga -- bk. 1
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 563
ISBN-13: 9780316093583
Subjects: Fate and fatalism; Penal colonies; Life change events; Group decision making; Fiction
Description: "Condemned for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine "Mick" McFadden has spent the last six years in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh discipline and oppressive magic keep a fragile peace as colonists struggle against a hostile environment. But the supply ships from Dondareth have stopped coming, boding ill for the kingdom that banished the colonists. Now, as the world s magic runs wild, McFadden and the people of Velant must fight to survive and decide their fate"--Page 4 of cover.