The Battle of Evernight

Blurb

The Battle of Evernight is a fantasy novel by Cecilia Dart-Thornton, published in 2003 by Warner Aspect, a division of Time Warner U.S.A., Pan Macmillan U.K., Pan Macmillan Australia, Editrice Nord, Italy, Luitingh-Sijthoff, Netherlands, Pipe Verlag, Germany and A.S.T. Publishing, Russia.. It is the third novel in the Bitterbynde trilogy and the sequel to The Lady of Sorrows.
Imrhein/Rohain/Tahquil/Ashalind, with Caitri Lendoon and Viviana Wellesly, must travel to Arcdur. The three girls, with the help of an urisk, moves through a forest, where Caitri is hit by ǣlf shot. They go to Appleton Thorn, where Tahquil inadvertently charms the village master. The girls go through a land full of water paths, guided by a swanmaiden, Withihue. They go to Cinnarine, an orchard land, where Viviana falls prey to a Love talker, Vallentyne. Later, Caitri and Viviana are taken by the Hunt. Tahquil, on a water horse Tighnacamoire who is indebted to her because of the first book, goes to Namarre. Tahquil is taken by a scavenger, and escapes into a lava land. She then goes to Darke/Evernight, ruled by the malign Crown Prince of Faerie, Morragan. Tahquil, as a swan, infiltrates Darke, but is captured.