SARA DOUGLASS
Enchanter
Book Two of The Axis Trilogy
HarperVoyager An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1998
This novel is entirely a work of fiction.
The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © Sara Douglass 1996
The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Source ISBN: 9780006511076
Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2011 ISBN:9780007381364
Version: 2015-03-04
HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication.
The Axis trilogy continues for Lynne, Tim and
Frances, with a nod and a smile for Pachelbel,
whose haunting Canon in D provided the
background for the writing of Enchanter.
Enchanter is the axis, and it remembers Elinor, who died when she and I were far too young.
Courage my Soul, now learn to wield
The weight of thine immortal Shield.
Close on thy Head thy Helmet bright.
Ballance thy Sword against the Fight.
See where an Army, strong as fair,
With silken Banners spreads the air.
Now, if thou bee’st that thing Divine,
In this day’s Combat let it shine:
And shew that Nature wants an Art
To conquer one resolved Heart.
ANDREW MARVELL,
“A Dialogue Between The Resolved Soul, and Created Pleasure”
Contents
Copyright
Prologue: The Ruins of Gorkenfort
2. Talon Spike
3. The Wolven
6. New Responsibilities, Old Friends
11. “Are You True?” Asketh the Bridge
12. “I Will Lead You Back into Tencendor!”
13. Dinner at the Tired Seagull
14. Through the Mountain Passes
15. Beltide
17. The Audience
18. Through the Fortress Ranges
19. The Alaunt
22. Azhure’s Dilemma
24. The Patrol
25. Star Gate
26. Gorgrael Makes a New Friend
28. The GateKeeper
29. Caelum