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Jared is a Red Jewel Warlord auctioned as a pleasure slave by a notorious queen. He fears he will share the fate of her other slaves, but the Gray Lady may not be what she seems.... "Darkly mesmerizing."-Locus Praise for The Black Jewels Trilogy : "Darkly mesmerizing...<a>... read more

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  • Jared: Red-jewelled Warlord; a pleasure slave.
  • Arabella Ardelia "Lia": Grand-daughter of the Gray Lady of Dena Nehele. A green-jewelled Queen.
  • Thera: A broken green-jewelled Black Widow. Slave.
  • Blaed: Purple Dusk Warlord Prince . Slave
  • Daemon Sadi: Black-Jeweled Warload Prince; only one in all of Terreille.
  • Talon: Sapphire Jeweled Warloard Prince. Rogue.
  • Dorothea SaDiablo: Red Jeweled High Prietess/Black Widow of Hayll. The one person that is spreading poison through Terreille & destroying what it means to be Blood.
  • Garth: Purple Dusk Jeweled Warlord/Mind broken. Tainted. Slave
  • Brock: Purple Dusk Jeweled Warlord. Guard/Slave
  • Tomas: Half-Blood Landen child.
  • Krelis: Sapphire Jeweled Warlord. Currently Dorothea's Master of the Guard. Former Third Circle Guard.
  • Randolf: Former guard. Slave
  • Reyna: Jared's Mother
  • Cathryn: Blood Female, non jeweled.
  • Grizelle: Gray Jeweled Queen, also known as the Gray Lady of Dene Nahele.
  • Corry: Light Jeweled Blood Male. 9 yrs-old.
  • Thayne: Light Jewled Blood Male. Childhood friend of Blaed.
  • Polli: Blood Female/Broken. Slave
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Nothing that had been done to him over the past nine years had hurt as much as the harsh truth that he had brought this on himself.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 9 in Black Jewels. (standard series)

Preceded by Queen of the Darkness, and followed by Dreams Made Flesh.

This is book 1 of 9 in The Realms of the Blood. (standard series)

Followed by Daughter of the Blood.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Anne Bishop (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Roc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0451458028
Page Count: 416

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Sexually explicit material. Violence.

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Daughter of the Blood
  • Heir to the Shadows
  • Queen of the Darkness

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