AVARYAN RISING TRILOGY. VOLUME ONE. THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING. VOLUME TWO. THE LADY OF HAN-GILEN. VOLUME THREE. A FALL OF PRINCES. 3 VOLUME SET.

New York: Tor, 1988. 3 volume set, 6 3/4" H. 1. The Hall of the Mountain King - 278 pp,1988 first printing, ISBN 0812556070. "The Kingdom of Ianon was without an heir until the arrival of the young wandering priest with the look of the departed pricess in his face and the disk of the sun in his palm. Mirain announced he was the son of the princess and the Sun-God Avaryan himself - and thus heir to the throne and a god incarnate. It was a large claim for a small man. And before he could possess his kingdom he would have to displace the bastard Prince Moranden, win the loyalty of his squire, Vadin alVadin, and subdue the rebellion. But the greatest battle of all would be with the one who would not be seen, the dark goddess Uveryen, who sought to quench the Sun-God's fire and seize his dominion for her own." 2. The Lady of Han-Gilen - 310 pp, 1989, first printing, ISBN 0812556216. "When unwanted and unavoidable Imperial marriage loomed, Elian escaped, fleeing to join the army of her childhood friend Mirain, now the Ianyn king who had united the Northern kingdoms and who marched to bring the Sun-God's banner over all the Hundred Realms. Mirain, though he bore the mark of the God in his palm, couldn't know how this young, slender fighter had grown from a foster sister into a woman whose love was as fierce as her pride in battle. Nor could Elian realize why she felt impelled to join his camp and fight, with spectacular success, against those who stood in their way. Together they would elude death in battle and ride to win an empire." 3. A Fall of Princes - 1989, first printing, 401 pp, ISBN 0812556445. "Friends by chance, enemies by birth, Hirel of Keruvarian and Sarevan of Asanion were bound together by circumstances that made them hostages in the war that brewed between their two empires. Each prince was heir to a throne, and neither wanted to harm the other. Theirs was a forbidden bond that threatened to destroy not only themselves, but all their world was well." Interiors - store stamp on first page of volumes 2 & 3, Volumes 1 and 3 have light to very light browning to the pages, otherwise clean and tight. Exteriors - light edge wear, volume 1 has browning to the edges of the text block, volume 3 has a crease to the bottom corner of the rear cover, the spines on volumes 2 & 3 are creased but still legible, volume 1 spine has wrinkling but no creasing, all volumes have a lean to the spine.. First Printings.. Mass Market Paperbacks. Good. Illus. by Robert Gould, cover art..