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jeudi 14 juillet 2011

Synopsis et premier chapitre de The Iron Knight, de Julie Kagawa



Suite au live chat d'hier dont j'ai posté la video, Julie nous met par écrit le synopsis de ce quatrième tome ainsi que le premier chapitre ! Passages qu'elle avait lu a haute voix hier soir.

Pour ceux qui n'ont pas fini la trilogie, surtout ne lisez pas! Ca vous gâcherait la lecture du troisième tome^^

Pfiouu je suis morte 3 x rien qu'avec le premier chapitre !!! Je vous mets ci-dessous les trois citations qui ont eu raison de mon petit coeur ... Oh Ash !!!!
Je vais jamais survivre a ce livre LOL


"I would have gladly served this girl, this mortal who had captured my heart, until the last breath left my body."

"I swore an oath that I would find a way to return, that someday we would be together, and nothing would separate us again."

"Even if it takes a hundred years, I will be with her in the end."



1st chapter of The Iron Knight

My name, my full, True name, is Ashallyn’darkmyr Tallyn, and I am the last son of the Unseelie Court.

There were three of us at one time, all princes of Winter, myself and my brothers, Sage and Rowan. I never knew my sire, never cared to know him, nor did my siblings ever speak of him. I wasn’t even positive we shared the same sire, but it didn’t matter. In the Unseelie Court, Mab was the sole ruler, the one and only queen. Handsome fey and even wayward mortals she might take to her bed, but Mab shared her throne with no one.

We were never close, my brothers and I. As princes of Winter, we grew up in a world of violence and dark politics. Our queen only encouraged this, favoring the son who earned her good graces while punishing the others. We used each other, played vicious games against one another, but we were all loyal to our court and our queen. Or so I’d thought.

There is a reason the Winter Court freezes out their emotions, why feelings are considered a weakness and a folly among the Unseelie fey. Emotion corrupts the senses, makes them weak, makes them disloyal to kith and court. Jealousy was a dark, dangerous passion that ate at my brother Rowan until he did the unthinkable and turned on his court, betraying us to our enemies. Sage, my eldest sibling, fell to Rowan’s treachery, and he was only the first. In a bid for power, Rowan sided with our greatest enemies, the Iron fey, helping their king nearly destroy the Nevernever. I killed Rowan in the end, avenging Sage and the rest of my kin, but retribution cannot bring either of them back. It’s only me, now. I am the last, the only remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court.

And I’m already dead to her.

Rowan was not the only one to succumb to emotion and passion. My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl. A girl named Meghan Chase, the half-human daughter of our ancient rival, the Summer King. Fate brought us together, and despite everything I did to shield my emotions, despite the laws of our people and the war with the Iron Fey and the threat of eternal banishment from my home, I still found myself falling for her. Our paths were woven together, our fates intertwined, and before the last battle I swore I would follow her to the end of the world, to protect her from all threats, including my own kin, and to die for her if called to do so. I became her knight, and would have gladly served this girl, this mortal who had captured my heart, until the last breath left my body.

But Fate is a cruel mistress, and in the end, our paths were forced apart, as I feared they would. Meghan became the Iron Queen, as was her destiny, and took the throne in the kingdom of the Iron fey. A place I could not follow, not as I am—a faery creature whose essence weakens and burns at the touch of iron. Meghan herself exiled me from the lands of the Iron fey, knowing that staying would kill me, knowing I would try anyway. But before I left, I swore an oath that I would find a way to return, that someday we would be together, and nothing would separate us again. Mab tried to convince me to return to the Winter Court—I was her only prince now, and it was my duty to come home—but I bluntly stated that I was no longer part of the Unseelie Court, that my service to her and Winter was at an end.

There is nothing more terrible than a spurned faery queen, particularly if that was the second time you’d defied her. I escaped the Winter Court with my life intact, but just barely, and I won’t be returning any time soon. Regardless, I feel little regret at turning my back on my queen, my kith, and my home. That part of my life is done. My loyalty, and my heart, belongs to another queen now.

I promised I’d find a way for us to be together. I intend to keep that promise. Even if it means trekking through a sprawling, deadly marsh in search of a rumor. Even if it means putting up with my fiercest and most annoying rival, Robin Goodfellow who—despite all his attempts to hide it—is in love with my queen as well. I don’t know why I haven’t killed him yet. Maybe because Puck is Meghan’s closest friend, and she would mourn him terribly if he were gone (though I can’t understand why). Or, maybe, deep down, I’m tired of being alone.

In any case, it matters little. With every ruin we search, every dragon we slay or every rumor we unearth, I’m one step closer to my goal. Even if it takes a hundred years, I will be with her in the end. Another piece of the puzzle lurks somewhere in this dreary swampland. The only difficulty lies in finding it.

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Synopsis :

Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing.

Unless he can earn a soul.

To cold, emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought.

Then Meghan Chase—a half human, half fey slip of a girl— smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive.

With the (unwelcome) company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end— a quest to find a way to honor his solemn vow to stand by Meghan’s side.

To survive in the Iron realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. At least, no one has ever passed to tell the tale.

And then Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that turns reality upside down, challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice
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Source : http://juliekagawa.blogspot.com/

14 commentaires:

  1. Oh la la j'en ai Les larmes aux yeux c'est tellement triste :(
    Mon dieu lorsqu'on aura ce livre entre les mains on va pleurer toutes les larmes de notre coeur!
    On va pas tenir Tess entre Will et Ash notre cœur va lâcher cet automne LOL
    Merci bisous ;)

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  2. pfiou...je ne suis pas sur que mon pti coeur va tenir...

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  3. magnifique premier chapitre.
    Et quand au synopsis, j'étais assez optimiste (après tout en effet, Ash qui devient humain, ça pourrait être une solution et ça promet de bons moments) mais par contre, le dernier paragraphe m'a tout chamboulé. Il set très mysterieux ce dernier paragraphe, qu'est ce que ça peut bien vouloir dire??? haaaaaaaaaaa lalalaaaa vivement !!!

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  4. Idem, sérieux, il m'a tué ce premier chapitre ! le fait de lire le pdt de vue de mon héros adoré ! je crois vraiment que c'est mon no 1 .. quelle chance d'avoir un livre rien que de lui ;-) !!

    Sév, oui j'ai peur du dernier paragraphe, tout ce que j'espere c'est qu'on a pas un triangle amoureux, genre Meg qui se rapproche d'un Iron Fey, ca serait horrible^^

    Sofia, OMG oui tu as raison, WIll et Ash a quelques mois d'intervalle, notre santé mentale va en prendre un coup !!!! LOL !!

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  5. Mon Ash d'amour!!!! oh la la ce premier chapitre, le livre va être vraiment quelque chose à lire!! Je suis déjà toute à l'envers (ne mettez pas ça sur le dos des hormones! :)

    Tess tu nous a achevé cette semaine avec ces passages sur Will et Ash!!! Mais comme c'est bon de les retrouver!!

    Merci et bisous!!

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  6. Mmmm, et bien, moi aussi je pensais au triangle amoureux, mais plus un truc du style : Ash apprends quelque chose de dingue sur Puck sur son passé (he learns something that changes everything)
    Il doit tuer Puck (it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice) pour parvenir à vivre avec Meghan, mais c'est super dur pour lui parce qu'il sait que Meghan lui pardonnera jamais, et puis il l'aime bien dans le fond, puck.

    un truc du genre, bien compliqué :)))




    And then Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that turns reality upside down, challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.

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  7. @ Sévérine! vraiment intéressant comme hypothèse! ça y est j'ai vraiment la trouille de lire le livre, j'ai peur que ce soit quelque chose du genre, ça se pourrait tellllllllllement!

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  8. Séverine, ahhh quelle terrible théorie, mais c'est possible..omg.... bon s'il faut passer par les ténèbres tempis mais a la fin je veux mon happy endddddddd !!

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  9. çà commence! déjà en émoi avec seulement quelques lignes!
    Je n'ose même pas élaborer une théorie;je ne me remets toujours pas de CoFA alors si elle est aussi cruelle que Cassie....
    çà ne va pas faciliter notre état les Ashcops!LOL

    ♥Ashcops forever♥

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  10. Coucou!

    Alors, pas moyen de commenter vendredi dernier, mais c'est sur, cette news m'avait mise de bonne humeur looool, que dire, vivement, lire les pensées de mon Ash c'est tellement...beau!
    Y'a pas à dire c'est l'homme de ma vie *sors*

    Gros bisous les Ashcops!

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  11. Il sort quand ???? Pitié, j'espère qu'il y aura une fin heureuse genre Meghan et Ash ensemble..... !!!!!!!!!! Parce-que je ne supporterai pas qu'ils ne finissent pas ensemble !!!!! Je me tue....

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  12. Iron Knight sortira en anglais le 25 octobre ! patience pour la VF, le tome 2 sortira en francais le 1er sept ;-)
    biz

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  13. Wouaw dur dur le synopsis... Si ça finit pas en happy end ça ne pourra pas être mon aventure préférée après twilight!!! Faut une fin heureuse pour que je sois heureuse!!!!! Alors pitié faites que ce soit le cas... Team Ash forever!!!

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  14. Alicia bounine30/12/2011 14:15

    je n'ai pas enccore lu le tome 3 vu qu'il est pas sortit en françai!! :(
    Mais vous ete entrin de me ficher une trouille bleu je veut pas qu'ils soit séparé j'y survivrer pas..........;( snif snif et la triologie ou ash doit tuer puck sa me fait trop peur!!! je l'aime aussi a puck!! je sens que je vai verser toutes mais larmes aussecour!!!!

    VIVEMENT QUE CES LIVRES SORTENT EN FRAN9AI!!!!!!

    ps: Cette série c'est ma vie alors stp stp stp tp stp stp stp julie garde moi en vie!!!!!!!!

    I LOVE ASH <3

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