Todd Fahnestock is an American fantasy author, born in Culver City, California. He began publishing with the Heartstone Trilogy — Heir of Autumn, Mistress of Winter and Queen of Oblivion — co-written with Giles Carwyn for HarperCollins' Eos imprint between 2006 and 2008, and has since written largely on his own, across the Tower of the Four academy fantasy, the Threadweavers and Whisper Prince series, the middle-grade Wishing World books, and the Legacy of Shadows arc set in the shared Eldros Le...
The Undying Man
The Undying Man
Synopsis
The Phantom War has ended, but the Thiaran Empire has not settled. An imprisoned fire god has started invading the bodies of Thiara's citizens, one at a time, while the empress closes her fist around whatever is left of the realm.
Grei — the Whisper Prince now — has magic that no longer answers reliably. The only person standing with him is Ree, a Ringblade assassin who has lost an arm and most of her certainty, and who was originally sent by her order's leader Selicia to manipulate him. Together they have to get clear of the empress and travel north to contain the fire god before it spreads any further.
Underneath the chase is a conflict centuries old that Grei has to unpick, and a question centred on Blevins: an enigmatic drunk who, whatever anyone does to him, will not die.
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GreiProtagonist
Known now as the Whisper Prince, with magic that has become unreliable.
SeliciaAntagonist
Leader of the Ringblade order, who dispatched Ree against Grei.
ReeSupporting
An injured Ringblade assassin, sent to manipulate Grei and conflicted about it.
BlevinsSupporting
An enigmatic drunk who cannot seem to die.
