Darkwitch Rising
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| Author | Sara Douglass |
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| Cover artist | David Wyatt |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Troy Game |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Voyager |
| Released | 2005 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 809 pg |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7322-7160-6 |
| Preceded by | God's Concubine |
| Followed by | Druids' Sword |
Darkwitch Rising is the third book in the Troy Game series by Sara Douglass.
[edit] Plot Summary
All of the players are back again, born in medieval London, and with more desire to finish the Troy Game for once and for all. Brutus is once again reborn as Louis de Silva, Coel as King Charles, Matilda as Queen Catharine, Ecub as Marguerite, Cornelia as Noah Banks, Genvissa as Jane Orr and the hateful Asterion as Weyland Orr.
With Genvissa already in his hands with his imp inside her womb, all Weyland needs to do is wait for Noah to come to him as she must, with another imp inside her own womb. Then his plans are to force Jane to teach Noah the arts of Mistress of the Labyrinth, then dispose of Jane however he will. While he is waiting, he is running his own whorehouse.
Charles, the rightful heir to the throne of England is exiled to the Sicily Islands, but not entirely. Unknownst to all but his close circle of friends including Louis, Marguerite, Kate, he has a small turf of England. Together, using this small piece of earth, they scry out Noah.
Noah makes love to Brutus as a 'healing of the wounds' and they conceive a 'daughter'. That daughter is named Catling - the Troy Game incarnate. As Catling grows in Noah's womb, she traps the imps into her power.
Later in the story, Noah Banks returns to Weyland through excruciating pain caused by the imp. At this stage in the story, Catling is already born. Unknownst to her, when she would have died, Weyland came and, unexpectedly, healed her back.
Through this pain caused by imps to the two rival women in the past, Jane and Noah both become sisters through shared pain.
Much later, Noah falls in love with Weyland and deserts Louis. She is a Darkwitch, the Goddess Eaving and also Mistress of the Labyrinth. Only she, Louis and Weyland combined have the power to finally exterminate the Troy Game for once and for all.
But, without Louis by their side, Noah and Weyland fail and so the final part of the Troy Game is written: Druid's Sword.
