The Pearl Saga · Book 2
The Veil of a Thousand Tears
- Published
- 1 January 2003
- Pages
- 672
- ISBN-13
- 9780812572346
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Veil of a Thousand Tears followed in 2003 as the trilogy's longest volume at 672 pages, widening the conflict as old alliances between Kundalan and V'ornn begin to fracture.
Its place in The Pearl Saga
The Veil of a Thousand Tears is book 2 in the The Pearl Saga series. It follows The Ring of Five Dragons. It is followed by Mistress of the Pearl. See the full The Pearl Saga reading order.
Eric Van Lustbader's main epic-fantasy trilogy trades his usual contemporary espionage settings for an invented world of warring races, ancient magic and a prophecy that refuses to resolve cleanly. The Ring of Five Dragons (2001) introduces Riane, a girl raised among the Kundalan people under the rule of the V'ornn, a technologically superior conquering race -- and reveals her as the unlikely key to an ancient power capable of overturning that occupation. The Veil of a Thousand Tears (2003) and Mistress of the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780812572346
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780006486084