Like our Renaissance cities, Nessiantico is filled with culture and intrigue. Now, 25 years have passed since the events of a Magic of Twilight. A boy king rules, the holdings have been broken in half, the Concenzia faith has been sundered as well. In the west, the Tehuantin wait to strike. The city faces a threat like no other.

Here we have wonderful world-building, and intriguing characters caught up in Machiavellian treachery. Lots of action and solid plotting as loyalties shift. If Venice had magic in the Renaissance, it would feel at home in these pages. It is epic, multigenerational fantasy at its best. Get your copy and be prepared to get angry when time gets in the way and forces you to put it down for things like work, sleep and silly distractions like that. Definitely a keeper. ~~ Pam Allan