From a bold new voice in fantasy literature comes a strikingly original novel of wonder and exhilaration, power and passion, death and courage. They are called the Wild Hunt: and immortal corps of thirteen men--knights, princes, and commoners--from various places, times, and stations of life. Cursed by a trio of goddesses for their murderous deeds of their past mortal lives, they are bound together in condemnation to eternal sleep. . .excerpt when called back to earthy realms by sacred rite for a quest to avenge or destroy. When summoned, the Wild Hunt has until the next full moon to fulfill its mission; failure means final, agonizing death in flame. Yet a slim ray of hope shines for each of these doomed men. If any one of them finds a love great and pure, his curse will be lifted. On a moonlit night amid the rubble of a ruined temple, the Wild Hunt appears to the beautiful Lady Richenza, who has summoned them to avenge her brother's wrongful death. Their task i to destroy the house of the reigning monarch and all its members, including its weak-willed king, power-mad prince, and lust-driven queen. Aided by divine mystical power, the Huntsmen must ensnare the royal family in a web of deceit, death and destruction. And their plot must succeed--for the men of the Wild Hunt now all too well the price of failure. - from Amzon