The Lions of Al-Rassan

By (author): "Guy Gavriel Kay"
Publish Date: 1995
The Lions of Al-Rassan
ISBN0006480306
ISBN139780006480303
AsinThe Lions of Al-Rassan
CharactersAmmar ibn Khairan, Rodrigo Belmonte, Jehane bet Ishak
Original titleThe Lions of Al-Rassan
Home to three very different cultures, Al-Rassan is a land of seductive beauty and violent history. Peace among the Jaddites, Asharites and Kindath is a precarious, elusive thing, made so by the ever-present shadow that divides the peoples but draws extraordinary individuals together. Ammar ibn Khairan—poet, diplomat, soldier; Rodrigo Belmonte—accomplished military leader; and Jeanne bet Ishak—brilliant physician; these three find their lives interwoven by a series of remarkable events that take Al-Rassan to the brink of war.Hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, The Lions of Al-Rassan is an exhilarating story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when passionate beliefs conspire to remake—or destroy—a world.