Gallery Books
October 2011
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Featuring: Ao; Jerzy; Mahault
368 pages ISBN: 1439101485 EAN: 9781439101483 Hardcover Add to Wish List
An island nation has vanished. Men of honor and magic have
died unnatural deaths. Slaves flee in terror. . . . Are the
silent gods beginning to speak? Or is another force at work
in the Lands Vin? Laura Anne Gilman’s critically acclaimed,
Nebula Award–nominated Flesh and Fire introduced a
brilliantly imagined world where the grapevine—cultivated by
the Vinearts who know the secrets of wine magic—holds
together disparate lands. Now, confusion, violence, and
terror are sweeping over the Lands Vin. And four people are
at the center of a storm. Jerzy, Vineart apprentice and
former slave, was sent by his master to investigate strange
happenings—and found himself the target of betrayal. Now he
must set out on his own journey, to find the source of the
foul taint that threatens to destroy everything he holds
dear. By Jerzy’s side are Ao, who lives for commerce and the
art of the deal; Mahault, stoic and wise, risking death in
flight from her homeland; and Kaïnam, once Named-Heir of an
island principality, whose father has fallen into a
magic-tangled madness that endangers them all. These four
companions will travel far from the earth and the soul of
the vine, sailing along coastlines aflame with fear,
confronting sea creatures summoned by darkness, and
following winds imbued with malice. Their journey will take
them to the very limits of the Sin Washer’s reach . . . and
into a battle for the soul of the Lands Vin. For two
millennia the Sin Washer’s Commandment has kept these lands
in order: Those of magic shall hold no power over men and
those princes of power shall hold no magic. Now, that law
has given way. And a hidden force seeks the havoc of
revenge.An adventure through an unforgettable realm conjured
by breathtaking imagination, Laura Anne Gilman’s saga of the
Vineart War is a "dramatic, authentic, and potent"
(Publishers Weekly) literary delight.
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