The Curse on the Chosen

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The Curse on the Chosen
First edition cover UK
Author	Ian Irvine
Cover artist	Les Peterson
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	The Song of the Tears
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Orbit Books, Penguin Books
Publication date	29 November 2007
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	688 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN	ISBN 1841494704 (paperback edition)
Preceded by	Torments of the Traitor
Followed by	The Destiny of the Dead

The Curse on the Chosen is the second book in Ian Irvine's The Song of the Tears trilogy.

[edit] Official Synopsis

The allies are trapped on Mistmurk Mountain and the God-Emperor guards every way of escape. There's only one chance for freedom: for demure little Maelys to confess to a crime she has not committed, though if she does it will turn all her friends against her.

And even if they can flee through the perilous shadow realm, the God-Emperor's armies will hunt them to the ends of the world. Nish, Flydd and Maelys have no choice but to venture to the Tower of a Thousand Steps, on the frozen Isle of Noom. There they must seek aid from the implacable sorcerer who controlled the world for an unknown but terrible purpose for one hundred and fifty years – the Numinator.

But on that tragic journey they will uncover a greater and more deadly secret, a folly that has been shaping life and death in the Three Worlds for more than three thousand years, and now threatens to consume them all.