The Bones of the Old Ones

By Howard Andrew Jones

Thomas Dunne Books
Publication date: December 2012

ISBN: 9781250015136

Digital Book format: ePub (Adobe DRM)

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A thrilling, inventive follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones, a "rare master of the storyteller’s art" (The Green Man Review) The icy breath of a rare frostbitten winter has settled on 8th century Mosul, where the scholar Dabir and the swordsman Captain Asim are living comfortably under the patronage of the city’s governor. As snowfall blankets the city, a Persian noblewoman arrives unexpectedly at Dabir’s home, desperate for help. Najya claims that she barely escaped from a dangerous cabal that ensorcelled her to track down ancient magical tools of tremendous power, the bones of the old ones. To stop the cabal and save Najya, Dabir and Asim venture into the worst winter in human memory, hunted by a shape-changing assassin. The stalwart Asim is drawn irresistibly toward the beautiful Persian even as Dabir realizes she may be far more dangerous a threat than anyone who pursues them, for her enchantment worsens with the winter. As their opposition grows, Dabir and Asim have no choice but to ally with their deadliest enemy, the treacherous Greek necromancer, Lydia. But even if they can trust one another long enough to escape their foes, it may be too late for Najya, whose soul is bound up with a vengeful spirit intent on sheathing the world in ice for a thousand years...