El próximo mes de marzo Bradley P. Beaulieu publicará la tercera entrega de su saga fantástica The Song of the Shattered Sands (La Canción de las Arenas Rotas). Esta historia de ambientación orientalizante y repleta de magia, dioses y reyes implacables, cuenta ya con dos entregas: Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (2015) y With Blood Upon the Sand (2017). Ahora ya sabemos que la tercera parte nos llegará el mes que viene con el título de A Veil of Spears (Un velo de lanzas), y que Beaulieu ha previsto completar la saga con otras tres novelas más (ademas de varias novelas cortas más, ambientadas en este mismo universo fantástico).
No es la única obra fantástica de este prolífico autor norteamericano nacido en Wisconsin, puesto que entre 2011 y 2013 ya completó también la trilogía Lays of Aluska (formada por las novelas The Winds of Khalakovo, The Straits of Galahesh y The Flames of Shadam Khoreh), y que también se encuentra inédita en español.
En cuanto a A Veil of Spears verá la luz el próximo 20 de marzo gracias a DAW Books, que la publicará en formato tapa dura, con una extensión de 672 páginas y que podéis reservar ya al precio de 23,32 euros. La portada de la novela, como las otras entregas de la saga, luce una grandiosa ilustración de Donato Giancola.
SINOPSIS
The Night of Endless Swords nearly saw the destruction of Sharakhai, and since then the Kings have come down hard on the rebellious Moonless Host. Hundreds have been murdered or given to the Confessor King for questioning. Hundreds more have fled. Including Ceda, who has discovered that Onur, the King of Sloth, has returned to the desert to raise an army and challenge the remaining kings.
The Moonless Host - who have taken to calling themselves the Thirteenth Tribe - will be trapped between Onur's growing influence and the considerable might of the kings who, with Sharakhai firmly back under their rule, are turning their attention to the desert once more.
Ceda knows that the asirim are the key. If she can lift their curse and free them from their bondage, then they can save Thirteenth Tribe from the squabbling kings...and perhaps the kings themselves are no longer as unified as they once were. As they vie against each other for control of the city, could Ceda make an ally of one of them? And which one, when any of them could betray her as easily as they would their fellow kings?
Whatever the solution, the end is coming: as Ceda focuses on freeing the asirim and weakening the kings' hold on Sharakhai, the kings' forces, the scheming queen of Qaimir, Hamzakiir the ruthless blood mage and the Thirteenth Tribe all prepare for a grand clash that may decide the fate of all who sail the desert.
Os dejo también algunos de los bocetos previos de Donato Giancola para la portada de la novela, que nos muestran con detalle el trabajo de este gran artista.
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