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HarperCollins
August 2011
On Sale: July 26, 2011
146 pages
ISBN: 0062004336
EAN: 9780062004338
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Fantasy
Bestselling author Sara Douglass—acclaimed writer of the
Axis and Wayfarer Redemption trilogies—invites you to
visit a twelfth-century England very similar to our own—
except this England is a country on the brink of demonic
disaster and its only hope may lie with a young noblewoman
The Devil’s Diadem Maeb Langtofte is lucky, she knows, to
have gained a position in the household of the Earl of
Pengraic—one of the most powerful men in England, a man
whose holdings rival even King Edmond’s. She is lucky that
his wife, Adelie, whom Maeb serves, is a kind, pious woman
(in contrast to the Earl, whom Maeb finds dark and
secretive). But when word arrives that a plague is
sweeping through Europe like a human wildfire, everyone in
the Earl’s household is put on edge. It is whispered that
victims of this plague are spontaneously engulfed in
flames—as if the flames of Hell had suddenly leapt up to
claim them. It is also whispered that the Devil himself is
to blame. As the disease spreads into England, so too does
civil unrest. King Edmond calls his lords and their armies
to return to London, and the Earl obeys, leaving Maeb and
his family to fend for themselves. But it turns out that
the Earl has been hiding far more than simple state
secrets, and that his family, left alone, is at risk of
losing not only their lives but also their souls. To her
horror, Maeb will learn that, indeed, the Devil himself
may have arrived on her doorstep. And worse, what he
demands may, in fact, be running through her very veins.
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