Starless Crown

A dangerous fantasy adventure aimed at saving a strange world where ancient alchemical knowledge is intertwined with unique technologies.

The latest cycle by James Rollins — a world-renowned author of multiple New York Times bestsellers translated into 40 languages.

The prophecy declared that she was destined to destroy the world...

Urt — a world nurtured by the Mother Below under the guise of the Father Above. One half is scorched by the sun, the other is plunged into eternal cold. Here, one can only live on a narrow strip between the dead hemispheres, known as the Crown. This harsh planet is in danger, and only the alliance of four can save it.
A student of the swamp Sanctuary with the gift of clairvoyance, who has seen the End of the world, sentenced to death and escaped from it;
the son of the king, His Nothingness the Prince-in-the-crib, doomed to remain forever in the shadow of his brother-heir, but has taken a decisive step out of the shadow;
a cast-down knight, forced to abandon his vow: never again to touch steel and not to return to his homeland;
a fugitive convict who found in the darkness of the dungeons a shimmering artifact capable of igniting the Great War.

Pursued by old and new enemies, they are forced to trust each other to survive and unravel an ancient mystery. In it — the key to salvation. But doom approaches with every breath...

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«A talented storyteller who easily drifts from thriller to fantasy and back. Stunning narrative». — Terry Brooks

«Powerful, brilliant epic fantasy from an outstanding novelist». — Jonathan Maberry

«As a virtuoso master of genre-crossing, James is simply at the peak of his form here». — Robert Salvatore

«Rollins is what you get if you put Dan Brown and Michael Crichton in a Hadron collider». — New York Times