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As the White King springs his great trap, and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile and his companions will scramble to return for one impossible final stand. In the darkest hour, will the Lightbringer come?  

As the old gods awaken and satrapies splinter, the Chromeria races to find the only man who might still end a civil war before it engulfs the known world. But Gavin Guile has been captured by an old enemy and enslaved on a pirate galley. Worse still, Gavin has lost more than his powers as Prism...

After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he can't let walk free. He promises himself this is the last time. One last hit to tie up the loose ends of his old, lost life. But Kylar's best - and maybe only - friend, the High King Logan Gyre, needs him. To protect a fragile peace, Logan's new kingdom, and the king's twin sons, he needs Kylar to secure a powerful magical artifact that was unearthed during the war.

Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals. But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He's also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he's worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity, and all too often he's become a hero, his very names passing into legend:

A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food, and no hope. Kylar Stern plans to reinstate his closest friend Logan as King, but can he really get away with murder? In the north, the Godking's death has thrown Khalidor into civil war. To gain the upper hand, one faction attempts to raise the goddess Khali herself. But they are playing with volatile powers, and trigger conflict on a vast scale. Seven armies will converge to save - or destroy - an entire continent.

Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He’s also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he’s worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity and all too often he’s become a hero, his very names passing into legend: Acaelus Thorne, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steelbender, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Nimble.

The Blood Mirror is the action-packed new audiobook in the Lightbringer series by international best seller Brent Weeks. Stripped of both magical and political power, the people he once ruled told he's dead, and now imprisoned in his own magical dungeon, former emperor Gavin Guile has no prospect of escape. But the world faces a calamity greater than the Seven Satrapies has ever seen...and only he can save it.

Gavin Guile is dying. He'd thought he had five years left - now he's got less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin's got problems on every side. As he loses control of his magic, all magic is running wild...

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir.For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics.

Kylar has rejected the assassin's life. In the wake of the Godking's violent coup, both his master and his closest friend are dead. His friend was Logan Gyre, heir to Cenaria's throne, but few of the ruling class survive to mourn his loss. So Kylar is starting over: new city, new companions, and new profession. But when he learns that Logan might be alive, trapped and in hiding, Kylar faces an impossible choice.

Gavin Guile es el Prisma, el hombre más poderoso del mundo, además de sumo sacerdote y emperador, encargado de mantener una paz frágil que solo se sostiene en virtud de su poder, ingenio y carisma. Pero la vida de los Prismas nunca es larga, y Guile sabe con exactitud de cuánto tiempo dispone: cinco años en los que deberá lograr otros tantos objetivos imposibles.

Endlich! Das lange erwartete Finale der Licht-Saga. Kip Guile hat einen Weg gefunden, den Bann des Weißen Königs zu brechen. Er und seine Freunde atmen auf. Denn noch besteht Hoffnung für die Chromeria, und die Mächtigen rüsten sich zur letzten Schlacht. Gleichzeitig macht Kips Vater Gavin eine Entdeckung, die die Welt erschüttern wird, sollte sie jemals davon erfahren. Doch all das ist beinahe nebensächlich, denn eine Frage überschattet alles: Wer ist der Lichtbringer?

La muerte es un arte, y Durzo Blint lo ejecuta a la perfección, sea en una callejuela oscura o en las grandes estancias de palacio. Incluso el poderoso Sa'kagé, la organización criminal que mueve los hilos y los intereses en la ciudad de Cenaria, lo respeta.

Was wird der Nachtengel tun, wenn ein unschuldiges Kind eine Bedrohung für die ganze Welt darstellt? – Die Fortsetzung der Nightangel-Saga. Als Nachtengel ist Kylar Stern der Avatar der Rache und der Gerechtigkeit – aber auch der Barmherzigkeit. Für ihn ist es eine Selbstverständlichkeit, dass er sich für den Schutz eines Kindes in Lebensgefahr begibt. Er wird alles tun, um es aus der Macht seiner Gegner zu befreien, bevor diese es für ihre finsteren Zwecke benutzen können.

Pour Durzo Blint, l'assassinat est un art et il est l'artiste le plus accompli de la cité, grâce à des talents secrets hérités de la nuit des temps. Pour Azoth, survivre est une lutte de tous les instants. Le petit rat de la guilde a appris à juger les gens d'un seul coup d'œil et à prendre des risques,comme proposer à Durzo Blint de devenir son apprenti. Mais pour être accepté, il doit commencer par abandonner son ancienne vie, changer d'identité, aborder un monde d'intrigues politiques, d'effroyables dangers et de magies étranges, et sacrifier ce qui lui est le plus précieux...

Die Ausbildung zum Assassinen hat sich für den ehemaligen Gassenjungen Azoth als überaus schmerzhaft erwiesen, denn sein einstiger Lehrer Durzo Blint und sein bester Freund Logan sind den Machenschaften des Gottkönigs von Khalidor zum Opfer gefallen. So ist es kein Wunder, dass Azoth seiner Profession den Rücken gekehrt hat. Doch dann hört er das Gerücht, dass Logan noch am Leben sein soll und sich versteckt.

Als die Götter erwachen und die Satrapien zerfallen, bricht überall das Chaos aus. Die Chromeria versucht, den einzigen Mann aufzuspüren, der die Katastrophe noch aufhalten kann. Doch Gavin Guile hat seine Kräfte als Prisma verloren und kann keine Magie mehr wirken. Zwischen den Adelshäusern, religiösen Fraktionen, Rebellen und einem aufsteigenden Orden von Assassinen namens "Das Gebrochene Auge" tobt ein geheimer Krieg.

Le tueur parfait n'a pas de nom, il a plusieurs visages. Kylar Stern a renoncé à sa vie d'assassin. Son maître Durzo et son meilleur ami Logan Gyre, l'héritier du trône, ont trouvé la mort au cours de l'invasion brutale du pays par les armées du Roi-dieu. Kylar part s'installer dans une autre ville, fait de nouvelles rencontres et change de métier. Mais lorsqu'il apprend que Logan est toujours vivant, prisonnier dans une prison infâme où il doit cacher son identité, Kylar est confronté à un terrible dilemme.

Für den Gassenjungen Azoth ist der gefürchtete Meuchelmörder Durzo Blint die einzige Chance, am Leben zu bleiben...