Karel Malčík Bücher

Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived among outlaws, surviving by wit and sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that once was his home to win revenge and claim his birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy that puts the fate of the world in his hands--the hands that forged the Darksword.

In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life.Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ever more skillful sleight-of-hand.Forced to kill a man in self-defense, Joram can keep his secret from the townspeople no longer: he has no magic, no life. Fleeing to the Outlands, Joram joins the outlawed Technologists, who practice the long forbidden arts of science. Here he meets the scholarly catalyst Saryon, who has been sent on a special mission to hunt down a mysterious "dead man" and instead finds himself in a battle of wits and power with a renegade warlock of the dark Duuk-tsarith caste.Together, Joram and Saryon begin their quest toward a greater destiny—a destiny that begins with the discovery of the secret books that will enable them to overthrow the evil usurper Blachloch...and forge the powerful magic-absorbing Darksword.

Im Königreich, wo Magie Leben bedeutet, war Joram einer der Toten. Er wurde ohne magische Kräfte geboren, weshalb ihm sein königlicher Ursprung verwehrt wurde und er zur Verwandlung verurteilt war – sein Verstand sollte in einer Hülle aus lebendigem Stein gefangen sein. Doch in letzter Minute nahm Saryon seinen Platz ein und litt ewige Qualen für seinen jungen Herrn. Joram und seine Frau Gwendolyn verschwanden in den Nebeln, die die Grenze der Welt markierten. Jetzt, zehn Jahre später, sind Joram und Gwendolyn zurückgekehrt, um ihren rechtmäßigen Platz in Merilon einzufordern. Joram, der noch einmal mit dem schrecklichen, nach Magie dürstenden Schwert herrscht, muss sich dem bösen Zauberer Menju und seiner Armee von Erfindern jenseits der Grenze in der letzten apokalyptischen Schlacht stellen. An Jorams Seite stehen erneut Saryon, der Magier Mosiah und Simkin. Joram erfüllt die alte Prophezeiung des Dunklen Schwerts – eine Prophezeiung, die ihm die Macht verleiht, die Welt zu zerstören… oder sie zu retten.

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