A Brightness Long Ago

The greatest living author of epic fantasy - Brandon Sanderson

The finest in his field - Tor.com

Guy Gavriel Kays A Brightness Long Ago is a masterpiece; perhaps the finest work of one of the worlds greatest living storytellers - Fantasy Book Review

***One of Goodreads Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2019***

Internationally bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kays latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy, with an extraordinary cast of characters.

In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerras intelligence won him entry to a renowned school, though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as The Beast.

Danios fate changed the moment he recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the counts chambers one night - intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen a life of danger - and freedom - instead.

Other vivid figures share the story: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting these lives and many more, two mercenary commanders, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance.

Further praise for Guy Gavriel Kay

Contemporary fictions finest fantasistTor.com

History and fantasy rarely come together as gracefully or readably as they do in the novels of Guy Gavriel KayWashington Post

One of the (if not the) premiere fantasists of our timeThe Financial Times

Compulsively readable . . . Kay is a global phenomenon . . . a storyteller on the grandest scaleTime Magazine (Canada)