Ascendance

Much to the seething dismay of his long time mistress, King Danube has asked Jilseponie Wyndon to become his queen. But she is torn. How can she love any man as completely as she did the Ranger Elbryan, the father of the child she lost? But unknown to Jilseponie, that child never died. Aydrian was stolen away by the queen of the elves. A headstrong boy secretly raised to be a weapon, Aydrian shows great promise in the arts of combatand he is as powerful with the gemstone magic as his mother. Now De'Unnero, the weretiger and mortal enemy of Jilseponie, will join forces with Aydrian, who is hungry for powerand on a collision course with destiny. . . .

<b>R. A. Salvatore </b>was born in Massachusetts in 1959. He is the acclaimed author of the DemonWars trilogy: <i>The Demon Awakens</i>, <i>The Demon Spirit</i>, and <i>The Demon Apostle</i>, as well as <i>Mortalis</i>, <i>Bastion of Darkness</i>, the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Star Wars</i>® <i>The New Jedi Order</i>:<i> Vector Prime</i>, and the novel based on the screenplay, <i>Star Wars: Attack of the Clones</i>. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Diane, and their three children.<br><br>Visit the author’s Web site at www.rasalvatore.com