The Elenium #3
The Sapphire Rose
Finally the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.
But Bhellion carried dangers of its own. Once the stone came into his hands, Sparhawk found himself stalked by a dark, lurking menace. Whether the foul Zemoch God Azash was behind this threat, or some other enemy, even Sephrenia could not say—only that the sapphire rose held powers too dangerous for any mortal to bear.
Restoring Queen Ehlana would be only the beginning of Sparhawk’s mission. With the aid of four stalwart knights, one from each Militant Order, he must thwart Ehlana’s prisoner, the Primate Annias, in his plot to assume the throne of the Church. For as Archprelate, Annias would serve his secret master, Azash, and deliver up to the dread God the one thing Azash thirsted for—Bhelliom itself!
null pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1991
This edition
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null pages, Paperback
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January 1, 1991 by Voyager
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9780007127832
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0007127839
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English
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Sparhawk
Sir Sparhawk is the central character of The Elenium and The Tamuli, a series of fantasy novels by David Eddings. Sparhawk is a knight of the Pandion Order. He is the Champion to Queen Ehlana of the kingdom of Elenia....
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Ehlana
Mentored by Sparhawk since she was little, Queen Ehlana ascended the throne after the assassination of her father, Aldreas, by poisoning. Her long-time association with Sparhawk imparted Ehlana with a highly assertive personality that proved inconvenient ...
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Kurik
Sparhawks squire in The Elenium. Kurik has five sons: Khalad (the eldest) serves Sparhawk in a similar role to his father after his death; Talen is Khalads half-brother, and is first encountered as a street-thief. more...
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Sephrenia
Sephrenia is the High Priestess of Aphrael and one of the Thousand of Styricum. She instructed the Pandion Knights in the Secrets of Styricum...
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Vanion
Vanion was a Pandion Knight and head of the Pandion Order. An older, but still vibrant man, he acted as equal parts father figure and drill sergeant for his Knights....
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Kalten
Sir Kalten is a tall blonde-haired, blue-eyed man, a Pandion Knight and one of the principal companions of Sparhawk. Kalten was taken in by Sparhawks family after his parents were killed. While growing up together, Kalten and Sparhawk became close f...
About the author
They adopted one boy in 1966, Scott David, then two months old. They adopted a younger girl between 1966 and 1969. In 1970 the couple lost custody of both children and were each sentenced to a year in jail in separate trials after pleading guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse. Though the nature of the abuse, the trial, and the sentencing were all extensively reported in South Dakota newspapers at the time, these details did not resurface in media coverage of the couple during their successful joint career as authors, only returning to public attention several years after both had died.
After both served their sentences, David and Leigh Eddings moved to Denver in 1971, where David found work in a grocery store.
David Eddings' first books (which were general fiction) sold moderately well. He later switched to writing epic fantasy, a field in which he achieved great success. In a recent interview with sffworld.com, he said: "I don't take orders from readers."
On January 26, 2007 it was reported that Eddings accidentally burned about a quarter of his office, next door to his house, along with his Excalibur sports car, and the original manuscripts for most of his novels. He was flushing the fuel tank of the car with water when he lit a piece of paper and threw into the puddle to test if it was still flammable.
On February 28, 2007, David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings (born Judith Leigh Schall), died following a series of strokes. She was 69.
David Eddings died on June 2, 2009 at the age of 77.
