Battleaxe (60 page)

Authors: Sara Douglass

Tags: #Fiction, #Imaginary wars and battles, #Brothers, #Stepfamilies, #General

WILDDOG PLAINS, The: a plain that stretches from northern Ichtar to the River Nordra and is bounded by the Fortress Ranges and the Urqhart Hills. Named after the packs of roving dogs that inhabit the area.

WING: the smallest unit in the Icarii Strike Force consisting of twelve Icarii (male and female).

WING-LEADER: the commander of an Icarii Wing.

WOLFSTAR: the ninth and most powerful of the Enchanter-Talons buried in the Ancient Barrows. He was assassinated early in his reign.

WORSHIP HALL: the large hall built in each village where the villagers go each seventh day to listen to the Service of the Plough. It is also used for weddings, funerals and the consecration of newborn infants to the Way of the Plough. It is usually the most well-built building in each village.

WRAITHS:
see
Skraelings.

YR: sometime palace cat in Carlon.

YSBADD: capital city of Nor.

YSGRYFF, Baron: lord of Nor, and a somewhat wild and unpredictable man like all those of his province.

YULETIDE:
see
“Festivals”.

About the Author

Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia, and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history, Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo. She left University to start her own business in 2000.

Sara is the author of 11 novels, three of which have won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel, most recently in 2001 for
The Wounded Hawk
.

Sara lives in Bendigo, Victoria.

Visit Sara’s website at:
www.saradouglass.com

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Books by Sara Douglass

The Axis Trilogy

Battleaxe
(Book One)

Enchanter
(Book Two)

Starman
(Book Three)

Threshold

The Wayfarer Redemption

Sinner
(Book One)

Pilgrim
(Book Two)

Crusader
(Book Three)

Beyond the Hanging Wall

The Crucible

The Nameless Day
(Book One)

The Wounded Hawk
(Book Two)

The Crippled Angel
(Book Three)

The Troy Game

Hades’ Daughter
(Book One)

Copyright

Voyager

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First published in Australia in 1995

This edition published in 2010

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Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
(Cth).

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Douglass, Sara.

Battleaxe.

ISBN 0 7322 5865 0. (pbk.)

ISBN: 978-0-730-49201-6 (ePub)

I.Title. II.Title: Battleaxe. (Series: Douglass, Sara. The Axis Trilogy.)