Guy Gavriel Kay's masterful novel about the road to rebellion is an epic filled with intensely realized characters and powerful emotions. An enduring classic of Canadian literature, Tigana is a powerful exploration of memory and lost identity, tyranny and freedom.

Two rival conquerors have divided the Peninsula of the Palm. As the provinces in the peninsula were falling one by one, the sorcerer Brandin made a fateful decision, sending his beloved son to capture the last one. But when that son is killed on the battlefield, Brandin, blinded by grief, avenges his death by ruthlessly vanquishing the resistance and then cursing the people of this province with a dark sorcery--so that the very name of their home cannot be spoken or remembered. Years after that devastation, a handful of men and women set in motion a dangerous plot. Their aim: to overthrow both conquerors, and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name--Tigana.

GUY GAVRIEL KAY is an international bestselling author. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, is a two-time winner of the Aurora Award, and won the 2008 World Fantasy Award for Ysabel, a #1 bestseller in Canada. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Visit his Canadian website at www.guygavrielkay.ca and his authorized international website at www.brightweavings.com.

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National Bestseller
Winner of the Aurora Award

"Massively satisfying . . . Marvelously invented . . . A wonderful work in the fantasy tradition, yet full of touches that mark it as something startlingly new. . . . Tigana is a novel and a world to lose yourself in. . . . Powerful and moving."
—Toronto Star

"Thrilling, poignant. . . . Tigana is a name we won't forget. . . . A stirring adventure."
—Orlando Sentinel

"Boldly complex . . . generously populated, intelligently articulated."
—USA Today

"Kay has done it again, only better."
—The Globe and Mail
"Fine-crafted prose and convincing characterizations. . . . A remarkable achievement."
—Montreal Gazette
“Kay shows why he’s the heir to Tolkien’s tradition.”
—Booklist
“A brilliant single-volume epic . . . rich in intrigue and subtlety. Memorable characters and cultures add depth to a gracefully plotted story. Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal
“One of the best fantasy novels I have read.”
—Anne McCaffrey

"A layered, pragmatic world of magic and difficult choices, where brutality and beauty coexist. . . . Tolkien protege Kay's brilliant and complex portrayal of good and evil, high and low, will draw readers to this consuming epic."
—Publishers Weekly