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Tigana

by Guy Gavriel Kay
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
  ★ 8.36 / 48
1★2★3★54★15★26★17★158★39★2110★

World Fantasy Award nominee 1991, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award nominee 1991, Locus Award nominee 1991.

One by one, the divided provinces of The Peninsula of the Palm had fallen, conquered by the armies and the sorcery of the two Tyrants.

Now, Alberico of Barbadior holds the provinces of the Eastern Palm while Brandin of Ygrath rules the West, and normality, of a sort, has returned to the peninsula. But for one province there can be no peace. For there is one land that dared to spill the blood of Brandin's beloved son. A land that has been broken and burned, its towers razed and its people crushed, and through the dark magics of the Tyrant of Ygrath, had its very name erased from the world.

It falls to a small band of exiles from this shattered land to attempt to achieve what nine provinces could not, and bring down not one, but two, tyrants. Driven by fierce pride, love, and the memory of what was, this brave handful of men and women will risk all that they have to return freedom to the Palm, and to hear once more the music of a forgotten name: Tigana.

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Category: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Release date: 1990

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Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay (born 1954, Canada) is the internationally bestselling author of twelve books. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, is a two-time winner of the Aurora Award, and has been nominated five times for the World Fantasy Award. His works have been translated into 22 languages. He was retained by J.R.R. Tolkien's estate to work with Christopher Tolkien in the reconstruction of the posthumously published Tolkien work, The Silmarillion.

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After completing the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, which showed the influence of a variety of Celtic and Norse myths, Guy Gavriel Kay began writing epic historical fantasies. Although magic is generally present to some extent and the books do take place on a variety of fantasy worlds, these later novels tend to be inspired by actual historical events.

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10/02/2007
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Seregil of Rhiminee
3521 books, 260 reviews, 15 posts
★★★★★★★★★★ 10 / 10

Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana is definitely one of the best fantasy books ever written. Tigana is a real treat for every fantasy lover. I read this book a couple of years ago and I instantly liked it. The story was fascinating and well written. If you haven't read Tigana, you should read it as soon as possible! :)

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