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Efter den ödesdigra sammandrabbningen mellan kejsaren och magikerorden Regnbågen vanställs Melinvärlden av den bottenlösa Rämnan. De båda svärden som orsakat kriget, Diamantsvärdet och Träsvärdet, är försvunna och kejsarens unge rådgivare, legoknekten Fess, finner sig utkastad i en annan värld – Evial. Hans minne är utraderat och på Akademien för högre magi, där han antas som student, spekulerar man i om främlingen, trots teorin om världens slutenhet, kommer utifrån och kanske är den Mörkrets messias vars ankomst Saladoréens bannlysta traktat så länge har förutspått. För att klara sig i den nya världen, där Frälsarens kyrka och Heliga inkvisitionen håller befolkningen i tukt, förmaning och skräck medan allt fler byar drabbas av oroliga kyrkogårdar där de odöda reser sig ur gravarna, väljer Fess nekromantikerns svåra bana. Dubbelt främling, såväl inför sig själv som andra, fruktad och avskydd av nästan alla, tvingas han skärskåda sig själv: Är han verkligen den som skall bringa världen på fall eller kan han avvärja en större ondska genom att göra sig skyldig till en mindre? Under tiden har stridsmagikern Klara Kummel och hennes följeslagare gått vilse på Mellanverklighetens stigar och söker förtvivlat efter vägen hem till Dalen…
Author
Nick Perumov (Russian: Ник Перумов ) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Russian: Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer. Perumov was born November 21, 1963 in Leningrad, USSR. He began writing short stories since he was a teenager, and after reading The Lord of the Rings in the early 1980s, he became a fantasy fan. After studying at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Perumov worked at a research institute, and later as a translator. In 1985-1991 he his debut 'Кольцо Тьмы ' (The Ring of Darkness), a fantasy triology, which consisted of two novels: Эльфийский Клинок (Elven Blade),Черное Копье (Black Lance)and Адамант Хенны. The events of the book took place in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, 300 years after the War of the Ring. Perumov initially regarded his novel as just a fan fiction written for friends, until one of his colleagues offered to publish it. In 1993 the duology, re-edited and renamed 'Кольцо Тьмы' (The Ring of Darkness) was published in Severo-Zapad publishing, which paid Perumov just $300. The Ring of Darkness has sold at least 100,000 copies, and ranked high in popularity among Russian fantasy readers. At the same time it also provoked a controversy in Tolkien fandom. Some Tolkien fans considered that no one has the right to write sequels to The Lord of the Rings and to change Middle-earth's history. Other critics argue that Perumov eroded the edge between Good and Evil by giving Uruk-hai humanlike behaviour. After the success of his debut, Perumov decided to start a career of professional writer. He wrote the novel 'Гибель Богов' (Godsdoom), the first to be set in Упорядоченное (The Consistent), his universe of multiple connected worlds. The Consistent became the main locale of his following books, including the most known, 8-volume series Хранитель Мечей (The Keeper of Swords). Perumov's books published in overall number of more than 4 millions of copies and translated to many languages, Northern and Eastern European mostly. One of his books, Godsdoom has also been translated to English. At Eurocon 2004 he was awarded as the best fiction writer of Europe. Perumov now lives in the United States of America, where he works at a research center as a microbiologist. He claims writing is his 'hobby', while science is his work. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
