I've just learned that fantasy author Sara Douglass died
September 27, 2011.
If you haven't read her books, do try one. Her first book, known as BATTLE AXE is known as THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION in the US.
http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/2011/09/27/vale-sara-douglass-powerful-words-dying.html
Books by Sara Douglass:
THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION trilogy
Battleaxe (1995) (Known as THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION in the US)
Enchanter (1996)
StarMan (1996)
(Continuation of WAYFARER REDEMPTION trilogy)
Sinner (1997)
Pilgrim (1998)
Crusader (1999)
The Crucible
The Nameless Day (2000)
The Wounded Hawk (2001)
The Crippled Angel (2002)
The Troy Game
Hades' Daughter (2002)
God's Concubine (2004)
Darkwitch Rising (2005)
Druid's Sword (2006)
Darkglass Mountain
The Serpent Bride (2007)
The Twisted Citadel (2008)
The Infinity Gate (2010)
Other
Beyond the Hanging Wall (1996) (Just before Darkglass Mountain)
Threshold (1997) (2000 years before Darkglass Mountain)
The Devil's Diadem (2011)
The Hall of Lost Footsteps (a collection of stories, Ticonderoga Publications, due 2011)