The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Threads of Fate

The Scholar and the Sphinx #3

by A.R. Cook

Le Havre, 1854. After having had his existence erased by Lord Nyx, the incarnation of the slain night goddess, eighteen-year-old David Sandoval has forgotten everything about himself and wanders lost in a city both familiar and foreign to him. No one can see or hear him, yet something or someone still ties him to the world, enough that the forces of Madness are aware of him and out to possess him. With the help of the storyteller Anansi and a witch's cat Vasilisa, David traverses the places and people of his past, gradually regaining his memory, until he must face the Fates, the weavers of the magical Curtain that not only divides the human world from the mythical realm, but also holds everyone's destinies. Can David have a new destiny woven for him, and will the price be higher than he is willing to pay? Meanwhile, the sphinx Acacia finds herself in league with the Asgardian warrior Tyr and the vengeful wolf Fenrir to defeat Lord Nyx once and for all, and an old friend of Acacia's, the Master Huntsman Gullin, is coming with his guild of hunters to side with her in the final battle. What Gullin will have to sacrifice may spell his doom, and may not be enough to take down the night god. Is this the final curtain for the scholar and the sphinx, or will their bond prove to be the key to saving both of their worlds?

240 pages, Paperback

Published June 28, 2016