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Master and Fool

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Now is the hour of war and prophecy, passion and betrayal, love and torment, as Good and Evil meet in a fury of battle – and a rage of magic...

Master and Fool

From dungeon to cathedral, from brothel to hermit's hut, the gambits of the mighty face the power of seers and stars. In the fortress of Bren, mad King Kylock and the wizard Baralis spread their sadistic terror across the shattered kingdoms.

Meanwhile, the fallen knight Tawl and Jack, the baker's boy, meet in a quest to save widowed Melliandra and her unborn child.

Soon sons will turn on fathers and dread secrets will be revealed, as Jack and Kylock clash in a magical apocalypse that will rewrite the meaning of Destiny and unknit the very fabric of Time... in the wondrous conclusion to the brilliant saga The Book of Words.

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Seregil of Rhiminee8 / 10

“Master and Fool continues the story which began in The Baker's Boy and A Man Betrayed. I liked this book very much. It's nice that there are fantasy writers who can write entertaining books. I know that J.V. Jones isn't George R.R. Martin, Steven Erikson or Robin Hobb, but her books are well written and very entertaining. I enjoy reading this kind of high…”

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J. V. Jones

In the dim-lit corners of epic fantasy, where bleak snowscapes stretch endlessly and characters wrestle with fate and survival, few voices cut as sharply—or as humanly—as that of J. V. Jones. Born in Liverpool, England, J. V. Jones didn’t come to storytelling through the usual doors of academia or literary acclaim.…

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