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***Rebellion* is the breathtaking sequel to Ian Irvine's fantasy epic *Vengeance.*** **Hightspall is dying. ** Every year the winters worsen, and the realm's protective magic disappeared with the traitor-king, Lyf, two thousand years ago. Now Lyf is back, bent on wiping Hightspall off the map and rebuilding his ancient land anew. A slave orphaned by Lyf, Tali holds the key to saving the realm - or destroying it. Can she stop him before he tears Hightspall apart, and plunges the world into perpetual darkness? **'He knows how to spin an epic yarn and tell it with real gusto . . . ambitious in scope and tirelessly action-stuffed' - *SFX* 'This stunning sequel surpassed all my expectations and left me in awe of Irvine's writing and world building skills' - *Speconspecfic.com* 'a richly interwoven story. Great stuff!' - *Aurealis Express*** **Author Biography** Ian Irvine is a marine scientist and fantasy writer who has written twenty-six novels to date. His three fantasy series, * The View from the Mirrow*, * The Well of Echoes* and * Song of Tears*, are international bestsellers. He has also written a near-future eco-thriller trilogy about catastrophic climate change, *Human Rites*, recently republished in an updated edition, plus eleven novels for children in the * Runcible Jones*, * Sorcerer's Tower * and * Grim and Grimmer* series. * Vengeance* is the first book in the * The Tainted Realm* trilogy. www.ian-irvine.com