The White Tree - Edward W. Robertson

The White Tree

By Edward W. Robertson

  • Release Date: 2013-02-22
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4
4
From 79 Ratings

Description

THE WHITE TREE is the first book in The Cycle of Arawn, a USA Today bestselling series and Audie-award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel.

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Sixteen-year-old Dante is obsessed with learning to wield the nether, the powerful magic of the death god Arawn. But a century ago, Arawn's followers were scoured from the kingdom of Mallon. Their temples smashed. Their secrets lost.

When Dante tracks down a copy of their holiest book, he throws himself into its study—and finds himself under siege in the city streets. Arawn's believers aren't dead. They're in hiding, and they want back their book. With the help of the nether and a loudmouthed bodyguard named Blays, Dante escapes into the wilds. But Arawn's army is ready to march from the shadows. As they move against Mallon, they hunt Dante relentlessly, in search of the book.

And with his powers growing by the day, Dante finds himself used as a tool in the war against them. He and Blays are dispatched on a thousand-mile journey to assassinate the Arawnites' leader. If they fail, their homeland will fall.

Reviews

  • Good Start to a Series

    3
    By Junzon
    Got the book for free as part of a promotion and was not sure if I was going to continue to read after the first three pages. However, I'm glad that I persisted as I slowly grew to like the main character, despite his many faults. The story took some time to build and progress, but once it did, I was hooked. I ended up buying the rest of the series, loving the witty banter between characters(kind of reminded me the the banter in David Eddings Belgariad series). It was worth it.