Orion: The Vaults of Winter de Darius Hinks

At the heart the wood elf kingdom of Athel Loren,the forest-king Orion slumbers through the winter months to be reborn each spring and resume his arboreal throne.

This rather stunning book is Orion: The Vaults of Winter, the first in a new wood elf trilogy set beneath the mystical canopy of Athel Loren. The author, Darius Hinks, takes the first peek inside the new book (we don’t know why; surely he already knows what’s written in it).

While forests in our boring world are filled with wild flowers, deer and dappled sunlight, forests in the Old Word are much more exciting, filled as they are with evil spirits, beasts and a variety of grisly deaths for the inept explorer.
We wanted to give you a taste of what’s to look forward to with this novel, so we braved the dark forest to bring you this extract.

Sephian had lived by his wits for as long as he could remember. He had hunted and evaded all manner of creatures in Prince Elatior’s name. ‘I am not your prey,’ he cried, swinging on a low branch and flying back in the direction of the rider. As he hurtled through the air he drew his bow and arrow in a single fluid movement, loosing a shot before vanishing into the trees on the far side of the path.

The rider stiffened in his saddle and let out a cry that had no place in the mortal realm. Sephian’s arrow was buried deep between his broad shoulder blades and as he reined in his steed, the horned giant slumped awkwardly in his saddle.
Sephian watched in horror as the rider wrenched the arrow free, without a murmur of pain.
The other riders raced towards him and he ducked beneath a fallen tree, sprinting off down a narrow, icy gulley, knowing that the stallions would be too broad to follow. As he slipped and scrambled through puddles, the horns continued to wail, seeming to come from every direction at once.

A lifetime of wandering had sharpened his senses to an almost unnatural degree. A barely perceptible rushing of air alerted him to another attack and he rolled aside, scraping his skin painfully across a clump of frozen roots, but dodging the spear that whizzed past his ear and thudded into the side of the gulley.

A figure dropped into view, just ahead, and Sephian immediately drew a bead on the horned shape rushing towards him.
Before he had chance to fire, something made him pause.

Rather than hurling his spear, the muscle-bound giant dropped to one knee and held out his hand.
Sephian stumbled and lowered his bow, confused by the hunter’s strange behaviour.

He opened his mouth to ask for an explanation, but his words twisted into a howl of frustration as thick tendrils of ivy were thrown around his arms.

Sephian cursed his own stupidity.
He had been tricked.

Orion: The Vaults of Winter will be released later this year.

Ce livre est plutôt étonnant Orion: Les Voûtes de l'hiver, le premier d'une trilogie des elfes du bois nouveau jeu sous le dais mystique de Athel Loren. L'auteur, Darius Hinks, prend la premier coup d'oeil à l'intérieur du nouveau livre (nous ne savons pas pourquoi; certainement guérir prêts sait ce qui est écrit dedans). Alors que les forêts dans le monde ourboring sont remplis de fleurs sauvages, deerand miroitement du soleil, les forêts du Vieux Monde sont beaucoup plus excitant, rempli comme ils sont avec les mauvais esprits, des bêtes et un grand choix de décès macabres pour l'explorateur inepte. Nous avons voulu vous donner un avant-goût de ce qui est à espérer avec ce roman, donc nous avons bravé la forêt sombre pour vous apporter cet extrait.

Sephian avait vécu
d'expédients pour aussi longtemps qu'il
pouvait se souvenir. Il avait chassé et éludé toutes sortes de créatures dans le nom du prince de Elatior. «Je ne suis pas votre proie»,criait-il, se balançant sur une branche basse et de reprendre l'avion en direction du cavalier. Comme il fonçait dans
l'air,il banda son arc et une flèche dans un mouvement fluide
unique, perdre un coup de feu avant de disparaître dans les arbres de l'autre côté du chemin.

asmodai a écrit:Salut a tous, quelqu'un sait si ce livre sortira en VF ? car il m'intéresse énormément..