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Phoenix Rising

Balanced Sword #1 / 3
by Ryk E. Spoor
Phoenix Rising (Balanced Sword #1) by Ryk E. Spoor
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A breakout new fantasy epic filled with strong world-building, engaging characters, and wondrous adventure.

Kyri: a highborn young woman whose life is shattered by the murder of her kin. But even as Kyri flees her beloved land Evanwyl, she knows that she is her family’s only hope for justice, and Evanwyl's only chance to escape a growing shadow of corruption and destruction.

Now Kyri must venture across Zarathan, a world on the brink of a long foretold Chaos War. It is a struggle that will rend the foundations of existence and may usher in a long age of darkness – that is, if Kyri and her companions do not succeed in holding back the tide of evil that is rising. Those companions include valiant swordsman Tobimar Silverun, Prince of Skysand, exiled on the turn of a card and a prophecy, who is now seeking his people’s lost homeland; and Poplock Duckweed, an unlikely hero whose diminutive size is as much weapon as it is a weakness.

Kyri’s quest is as simple as it is profound: find a legendary, ancient weapon smith, take up the sword and armor of a new order of warrior-defenders, and bring the power of justice and vengeance to the evil and corruption that has darkened her native land.

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FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy
Release date: November 1, 2012

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Ryk E. Spoor

Ryk E. Spoor (born 1962) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, who also writes research grant proposals for a technology firm. He published his first novel, Digital Knight in 2003, and has gone on to publish over a dozen more novels, often in collaboration with award-winning author Eric Flint on the Boundary series. Threshold (2010) was listed on the Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Books list for Hardcover Science Fiction.

Balanced Sword

Balanced Sword consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Phoenix Rising (Balanced Sword #1)
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Phoenix in Shadow (Balanced Sword #2)
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Phoenix Ascendant (Balanced Sword #3)
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