The Cage of Nine Banestones
The Cage of Nine Banestones is also known as Mistress of the Pearl.
Kundala is Miina's world, created by that Goddess with the help of the dragons. But Miina is missing, and her people have been enslaved by the alien V'ornn. Now a savior has come, the Dar Sala-at, a messiah promised by prophecy yet unlike anyone's expectations: within the body of a beautiful young woman is the mind and spirit of a unique Kundalan female who is joined in mystical partnership with the mind and spirit of Annon Ashera, a V'ornn male, the last survivor of a noble family. Together the two adolescents have matured and merged into a new joint identity. Now their common destiny, and Kundala's, is in their own hands.
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Eric Van Lustbader
Eric Van Lustbader (born 1946) is a writer of fantasy and thriller novels.
Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village in 1946. He is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction's most beloved and enduring heroes. The Ninja was sold to 20th CenturyFox, to be made into a major motion picture. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages.
The Pearl Saga
The Pearl Saga consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

