The heart of what was lost : a novel of Osten Ard

Summary: After Ineluki the Storm King came within minutes of stopping Time itself and obliterating humankind, he was defeated by a coalition of mortal men and women joined by his own deathless descendants, the Sithi. Ineluki's loyal minions, the Norns, choose to flee the lands of men and retreat north to Nakkiga, their ancient citadel within the hollow hear of the mountain called Stormspike. But as the defeated Norns make their way to this last haven, the mortal Rimmersman Duke Isgrimnur leads an army in pursuit, determined to end the Norns' attacks and defeat their ageless Queen Utuk'ku for all time. Two southern soldiers, Porto and Endri, join the mortal army to help achieve this ambitious goal. While braving the fierce resistance and deadly magics of the retreating Norns, they cannot help but wonder what they are doing so far from home. The Norns must now confront the prospect of extinction at the hands of Isgrimnur and his mortal army. Viyeki, a leader of the Norn's military engineers, the Order of Builders, desperately seeks a way to help his people reach their mountain, and then stave off the destruction of their race. The two armies will finally clash in a battle to be remembered as the Siege of Nakkiga, a battle that threatens to destroy not just one side, but quite possibly all.

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