Shadow Moon. George Lucas & Chris Claremont (US Hardback) 1995

SHADOW MOON by George Lucas & Chris Claremont (From two of the greatest imaginations of our time)

From the fertile minds of George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, and Chris Claremont, author of the classic X-Men adventures. the bestselling series in Comic book history, comes a magnificent chronicle worthy of two modern legends of fantasy.

Thirteen years have passed since the epic battle  of Nockmaar, where a wayward band of heroes brought together by circumstances broke the hold of evil on the land. But the triumph was short-lived. Within a year the land was plunged into an unrelenting storm of war and chaos, lashed by ancient rivalries and unforgiving hatreds in the realms of both flesh and spirit.According to phrophecy, there is only one hope for true and lasting peace: the Princess Elora Danan, who will be invested with rank and authority on her birthday.

In prteparation for this joyous event, a young scout seeks Elora's godfather and protector, a fabled Nelwyn sorcerer, missing and long believed dead after the cataclysmic war. Instead he finds Thorn, a itinerant wanderer whose fate is srtangely bound to Elora's. Togethr they discover that the girl for whom brave souls fought and died has become little more than a poiled brat whio makes the lives of all around her miserable. Seemingly, sheis no match for the forces of unimaginable malevolence that are marshaling against her.

Who is behind the plot to tuen Elora into a mere puppet-queen? what sinister purpose do the relentless, dark-helmed Thunder Riders and their mysterious Warlord serve? Who is the demon that haunts the very walls of the palace? And perhaps most intriguing of all, why has he fate of the Great Realms been put into the hands of such a shallow and willful monster as Elora?

To answer these questions and escape from the castle's labyrinthe dungeon, Thorn will have to strike a devil's bargain. He must perform a dangerous and forbidden rite of necromancy to resurrect a powerful warrior from her souless sleep...and try to rescue a chilkd. But even if he succeeds, they are aloner in a world of blood and horror, where shadows have declared war on the light, where old loyalties have been castaside and trust means nothing. The world is tumbling towards the abyss. Only one person can save it. And she couldn't care less.

 

An American hardback published in 1995 by Bantam Press