In the land of Vonahr the Exalted rule supreme, with absolute control over the peasants on the land. But the magical powers of the Exalted have been fading for generations - only a few now can create more than the most superficial illusions. All over Vonahr, revolt is in the air as seditionists fulminate against the tyranny, greed and corruption of the Exalted. Eliste is the pampered young daughter of Marquis vo Derrivalle. Her arrival in Vonahr's glittering capital to be a maid of honour to the Queen is the peak of her adolescent dreams. But the capital is ready to explode and when it does, the old order is brutally overthrown. Eliste becomes a fugitive, alone and penniless in the foul underworld of the capital. Whyss Valeur leads the revolutionaries, reviving ancient machines of magic that will detect any of the Exalted attempting to leave the city and which will spy on the populace by means of tiny metallic flying insects; and the most terrible machine of all, the Kokotte, the devourer of enemies of the people. Then Whyss Valeur's bloodlust becomes crazed and uncontrollable...Cover art by David Farren.
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Illusion: Paula Volsky
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So far this morning, Relian Kru has broken three goblets, torn his best doublet and been insulted by a snake. And those are just the disasters he's aware of. What he doesn't know is that he's been condemned to death for dressing badly and that the kindly sorcerer who invited him to dinner actually has a more permanent arrangement in mind - like eternal slavery... Cover art by James Warhola. -
Book I of Sorcerer. Lady Verran approached the altar of her fate - to be the bride of Lord Terrs Fal Grizhni, who needed an heir to ensure his immortality. His was a sorcery more powerful and darker than any other. She would be coming closer to the source of that power than any human being had ever come. An honour, some said. Yet Lady Verran trembled with apprehension. What price of mind, body or soul would be asked of her? Cover art by Don Maitz.