The Sarantine Mosaic #1
Roc
September 2010
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Featuring: Caius Crispus
448 pages ISBN: 045146351X EAN: 9780451463517 Trade Size (reprint) Add to Wish List
Sarantium is the golden city: holy to the faithful, exalted
by the poets, jewel of the world, and heart of an empire.
Crispin is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with
colored stones and glass. Still grieving the loss of his
family, he lives only for his craft - until an imperial
summons draws him east to the fabled city. Bearing with him
a queen's secret mission and seductive promise, and a
talisman from an alchemist, Crispin crosses a land of pagan
ritual and mortal danger, confronting legends and dark magic.
Once in Sarantium, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries,
chariot races and palaces, intrigues and violence, Crispin
must find his own source of power in order to survive. He
finds it, unexpectedly, high on the scaffolding of his own
greatest creation.