Language English Publisher TOR Media type Print (Hardcover) Number of books 3 | Genre Science fiction Published 2001-2004 Cover artist Keith Parkinson | |
Books The Ring of Five Dragons, The Veil of A Thousan, Mistress of the Pearl | ||
The Pearl Saga is the name of the incomplete series of science fiction / fantasy novels by Eric Van Lustbader. The series centers on Kundala, a planet conquered by the V'ornn, a race of aristocratic, militaristic humanoids; themselves ruled by the Gyrgon, a cabal of mysterious androgynous technomages. The main character is Riane, a prophesied redeemer known as the Dar Sala-at, born at both ends of the cosmos.
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Characters
Kundala
Kundala is a planet with Five moons and Nine seas.
Five Sacred Dragons
The five dragons created Kundala under the direction of the Goddess Miia.
Daemons
The daemons constructed and shaped Kundala. When they finished, they did not want to leave and were banished to the Abyss, a sorcerous void.
Kundalan
Kundalan culture is based roughly around the worship of the Great Goddess Miina, creator of Kundala.
Kundalan society was once patriarchal, but is currently matriarchal. Worship is conducted in Abbeys, by the Ramahan. Kundalans practice at least two different kinds of sorcery, Osoru and Kyofu.
They speak one common language, with two older languages - the Old Tongue and Venca, the language of sorcery, being less common. The Venca language has 777 letters, ten times that of the Old Tongue.
V'ornn
The v'ornn are a nomadic, space-faring race, ostensibly searching for a new homeworld. V'ornn culture is centered on castes. They do not (currently) worship anything. The Mesagggun previously worshiped the War God Enlil, now dead.
The v'ornn lack hair entirely and have pale yellow skin. V'ornns view all other species as soulless animals. Despite different origins, they can interbreed with Kundalans.
Druuge
A nomadic people that live in the Great Voorg, a desert. They speak Venca. Some aspects of Druuge cosmology parallels V'ornn mythology.
Sarakkon
Inhabitants of the radioactive Southern Continent. They worship an androgynous being, Abrasea.
Centophennni
The only race to have stood against the V'ornn. The one thing they fear. They inflicted a punishing defeat upon the V'ornn fleet at Hellespennn 250 years previous, in revenge for the V'ornn invasion of their world 300 years prior to that. Their weapons utilize a Goron particle beam.
Items
The novels revolve around these items and the quest to find them.
Incompleteness
Van Lustbader has stated that due to the popularity of the Bourne Series, the Pearl Saga was put on hold. He says the series is expected to run to 6 or 7 novels.