The Gate of Fire (Tor fantasy) Book

The Gate of Fire continues Thomas Harlans remarkable fantasy epic, following increasingly dangerous conflicts both military and sorcerous. The sorcerer Dahak plots from his hidden citadel to regain the Peacock Throne. Prince Maxian, having raised both Julius Ceasar and Alexander the Great from the dead, now considers how to use them to free Rome from the curse of the Oath. Thyatis has fled with the widowed Queen of Persia to a hidden island; Dwyrins thaumaturgic unit is shattered as Zoe discovers the destruction of Palmyra and, as its new queen, vows revenge against Rome. And in Mecca, Ahmets friend and Palmyras lieutenant Mohammed receives a vision, and a command, and the power to strive against the forces of darkness. Praise for Thomas Harlan: Harlans command of military strategy and tactics is thorough and vividly realized. The Shadow of Ararat is not only an ambitious debut novel, but a first-rate alternate history by any standard. ~ Amazing Stories In his ambitious first novel, Harlan combines fantasy and alternate history to create a rich depiction of an ancient empire. ~ Publishers Weekly Tom Harlan is a writer to watch, a writer with a great future ahead of him. I anxiously await his next book. Come on, Tom, write faster. ~ Dennis L. McKiernan How long has it been since a writer has managed to begin a large-tome, multi-volume epic fantasy giving alternate history the vividness of the real thing and magic the combination of visceral and intellectual impact of the hottest new sciencein a first novel? Well, Thomas Harlan has done just that in The Shadow of Ararat. ~ Locus