Warhost of Vastmark

Name: Warhost of Vastmark
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Janny Wurts
ISBN: 9780008791551

Author: Janny Wurts

Series: The Wars of Light and Shadow #3

Narrator: Colin Mace

Unabridged: 18 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperVoyager

Published: 03/19/2026

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Military Fantasy, Military Fiction, Epic, Literary Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Janny Wurts’s epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity reaches new heights in the third volume, now re-released with a striking new cover. Tricked once more by his wily half-brother, Lysaer, Lord of Light, arrives at the tiny harbour town of Merior to find that Arithon’s ship yards have been abandoned and meticulously destroyed, and that the Master of Shadow has disappeared as if into thin air. Meanwhile Arithon and the Mad Prophet Dakar are travelling on foot through the treacherous Kelhorn Mountains towards the Vastmark clans, there to raise further support for his cause. But raising a warhost is a costly business. Is it mere coincidence that Princess Talith – Lysaer’s beautiful, headstrong wife – is taken captive and held for a vast ransom by a master brigand? The forces of light and shadow circle and feint, drawing ever closer to a huge conflict. And in the background the Fellowship of Seven Sorcerers and the Koriani Enchantresses watch and plan, and wait…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alissa on August 31, 2021

The engulfing finale of the scenario unrolling in The Ships of Merior, Warhost of Vastmark offers frantic chases, layers of carefully planned subterfuge, ingenious bending of circumstances and counterploys, fateful auguries, bloody battles and the incredible, growing cast of well-rounded characters......more

Goodreads review by Choko on May 09, 2018

*** 4.75 *** Beautiful and heartbreaking! Hopefully, once I get back home I will be able to write a longer review, but I had to say just how much I love this series!!!......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on May 16, 2018

What a wonderful and heartbreaking conclusion to this arc in the Wars of Light & Shadow series. Parts of it broke my heart, parts of it made me chuckle, and parts of it made me yell at my Kindle. We learn a lot more about the world of Athera and our protagonists. I don't want to spoil anyone and will......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 09, 2024

This one gets 4-stars. Arithon is still the character that I am most invested in but I am now warming to The Mad Prophet as well. I don't know when I will be returning to the series but I have all the books on my shelves so it will happen at some point. If you like long series then this will likely be......more

Goodreads review by P.L. on August 19, 2022

Always the most difficult but enjoyable of books to review, as they are some of the most challenging but glorious books to read, here is my review of the next novel (third) in the iconic "Wars of Light and Shadow" series by the incomparable Janny Wurts, "Warhost of Vastmark". The book picks up immedi......more

Quotes

‘Astonishingly original and compelling’ Raymond E. Feist ‘It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent’ Stephen Donaldson