The Codex Lacrimae, Part 1: The Mariner's Daughter & Doomed Knight

AN ANCIENT EVIL RETURNS. THE HUNTSMEN OF MUSPELHEIM WANT THE CODEX LACRIMAE, SO THEY VE SET A TRAP IN 12TH CENTURY CRUSADER LANDS TO GET IT!

Believed lost for half a millennium, the Codex Lacrimae reappears when an old scholar brings the Dark Book to the Hospitaller castle of the Krak des Chevaliers. Unwittingly, that action leads the malevolent Huntsmen to the one person they ve been seeking: Rig, an apprentice who trains the warrior-monks in the castle s library, and seeks only a quiet existence because of a haunted past. The arrival of the Codex Lacrimae and its supernatural temptations will force Rig to choose between the peaceful path of a priest or violent ways of a warrior.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, the Norns of Fate try to counter the Huntsmen s plot by casting a net around Clarinda Trevisan, a beautiful Venetian sea merchant s daughter who is content to sail with her father s fleet throughout the Mediterranean Sea. After her father disappears, Clarinda s attempt to solve the mystery pulls her into both Rig s orbit and matters far greater than the cargoes and crews that usually occupy her time. The girl must learn the ways of war and magic to fulfill Fate s role, and confront strange creatures of Norse mythology, a nefarious Templar Grandmaster, the magical Nine Worlds, and a tempestuous relationship with Rig himself.

The return of the Codex Lacrimae unleashes a host of evils that might challenge even the most star-crossed of lovers. If Clarinda & Rig can t stop the various forces in pursuit of the Dark Book, they ll find the worlds of the Multiverse at the brink of annihilation!"

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The Codex Lacrimae, Part 1: The Mariner's Daughter & Doomed Knight

AN ANCIENT EVIL RETURNS. THE HUNTSMEN OF MUSPELHEIM WANT THE CODEX LACRIMAE, SO THEY VE SET A TRAP IN 12TH CENTURY CRUSADER LANDS TO GET IT!

Believed lost for half a millennium, the Codex Lacrimae reappears when an old scholar brings the Dark Book to the Hospitaller castle of the Krak des Chevaliers. Unwittingly, that action leads the malevolent Huntsmen to the one person they ve been seeking: Rig, an apprentice who trains the warrior-monks in the castle s library, and seeks only a quiet existence because of a haunted past. The arrival of the Codex Lacrimae and its supernatural temptations will force Rig to choose between the peaceful path of a priest or violent ways of a warrior.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, the Norns of Fate try to counter the Huntsmen s plot by casting a net around Clarinda Trevisan, a beautiful Venetian sea merchant s daughter who is content to sail with her father s fleet throughout the Mediterranean Sea. After her father disappears, Clarinda s attempt to solve the mystery pulls her into both Rig s orbit and matters far greater than the cargoes and crews that usually occupy her time. The girl must learn the ways of war and magic to fulfill Fate s role, and confront strange creatures of Norse mythology, a nefarious Templar Grandmaster, the magical Nine Worlds, and a tempestuous relationship with Rig himself.

The return of the Codex Lacrimae unleashes a host of evils that might challenge even the most star-crossed of lovers. If Clarinda & Rig can t stop the various forces in pursuit of the Dark Book, they ll find the worlds of the Multiverse at the brink of annihilation!"

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The Codex Lacrimae, Part 1: The Mariner's Daughter & Doomed Knight

The Codex Lacrimae, Part 1: The Mariner's Daughter & Doomed Knight

by A.J. Carlisle
The Codex Lacrimae, Part 1: The Mariner's Daughter & Doomed Knight

The Codex Lacrimae, Part 1: The Mariner's Daughter & Doomed Knight

by A.J. Carlisle

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AN ANCIENT EVIL RETURNS. THE HUNTSMEN OF MUSPELHEIM WANT THE CODEX LACRIMAE, SO THEY VE SET A TRAP IN 12TH CENTURY CRUSADER LANDS TO GET IT!

Believed lost for half a millennium, the Codex Lacrimae reappears when an old scholar brings the Dark Book to the Hospitaller castle of the Krak des Chevaliers. Unwittingly, that action leads the malevolent Huntsmen to the one person they ve been seeking: Rig, an apprentice who trains the warrior-monks in the castle s library, and seeks only a quiet existence because of a haunted past. The arrival of the Codex Lacrimae and its supernatural temptations will force Rig to choose between the peaceful path of a priest or violent ways of a warrior.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, the Norns of Fate try to counter the Huntsmen s plot by casting a net around Clarinda Trevisan, a beautiful Venetian sea merchant s daughter who is content to sail with her father s fleet throughout the Mediterranean Sea. After her father disappears, Clarinda s attempt to solve the mystery pulls her into both Rig s orbit and matters far greater than the cargoes and crews that usually occupy her time. The girl must learn the ways of war and magic to fulfill Fate s role, and confront strange creatures of Norse mythology, a nefarious Templar Grandmaster, the magical Nine Worlds, and a tempestuous relationship with Rig himself.

The return of the Codex Lacrimae unleashes a host of evils that might challenge even the most star-crossed of lovers. If Clarinda & Rig can t stop the various forces in pursuit of the Dark Book, they ll find the worlds of the Multiverse at the brink of annihilation!"


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786756339
Publisher: Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Assoc. LTD
Publication date: 01/19/2016
Edition description: Revised Edition
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

A. J. Carlisle holds a Ph.D. in medieval European history, with varied interests that include the Crusades of 1096-1291, theology and philosophy of the Middle Ages, and the Mediterranean Worlds of Late Antiquity. Inspired since childhood by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis, Carlisle has spent the last 25 years working on his 9-book "The Artifacts of Destiny" series, of which "The Codex Lacrimae, Parts 1-3" comprise the first book. His hope is to "reboot and universalize" the epic fantasy genre by bringing to a global audience a unique blend of Norse mythology, Arthurian legends, international folklores & heroes (and villains) drawn from all parts of the medieval world! Carlisle lives in the United States with his wife and children.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Map

BOOK ONE: A FORTRESS BESIEGED

Chapter 1 The Arrival of Ibn-Khaldun 1

Chapter 2 A Quarry Run to Ground

Chapter 3 An Aspect of Fate

Chapter 4 The Words of Urd

Chapter 5 A Market Day, Interrupted

Chapter 6 At the Tavern of the Wayfarer

Chapter 7 The Labyrinth and the Ravens

Chapter 8 A Knight in the Scriptorium

Chapter 9 The Flyting at Caesarea

Chapter 10 Sisters in Grief & the Fishermen of Caesarea 100

Chapter 11 A Doom Delivered

Chapter 12 The Screaming Pillars of Raj al-Jared 121

Chapter 13 A Grand Master Makes His Move

Chapter 14 A Mother’s Counsel 141

Chapter 15 Entangling Alliances 148

Chapter 16 Three Mornings’ Journey & a Hoplitarch Undone 153

Chapter 17 Assassins at the Gate

Chapter 18 The Poisoning of Hamzah al-Adil

Chapter 19 Through a Mirror, Darkly 185

BOOK TWO: THE ROOTS OF YGGDRASSIL

Chapter 1 The Forest of Alfheim 191

Chapter 2 Of Norns, the Brisingamen, and a Dark Elf 203

Chapter 3 Fossegrim and Strömkarlen

Chapter 4 The Citadel of Hel

Chapter 5 A Walk in Hela’s Halls 230

Chapter 6 The Wastes of Niflheim

Chapter 7 The Grottoes of Mimir’s Well

Chapter 8 Reunion in Niflheim

Chapter 9 The Fenrir-Baude 276

Chapter 10 The Descent to Nidafjöll 294

Index of Characters, Talismans, Creatures, and Places 303

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