![]() ![]() "Gut-wrenching, serious fantasy fiction. ![]() For the key to Navronne's doom is buried in half-forgotten myth – and in the secrets of his own past. Now, to preserve the lands of Navronne, Valen must face what he fled so long ago. Offered sanctuary in a nearby monastery, Valen discovers that his book – rumored to lead men into the realm of angels – gains him entry into a world of secret societies, doomsayers, monks, princes, and madmen, all seeking to unlock the mystery of the coming dark age. And her divination seems fulfilled when a comrade abandons Valen, half dead, in a rainy wilderness, addicted to an enchantment that converts pain to pleasure and possessing only a stolen book of maps. His own mother has predicted that he will meet his doom in water and blood and ice. The rebellious son of a long line of pureblood cartographers and diviners, Valen has spent most of his life trying to escape what society – and his family – ordained for him. In a land torn apart by civil war, pestilence, and shaky alliances, a man branded a traitor may be the world's only hope. ![]() Finalist for the 2008 Colorado Book Award. A complete list of all Carol Bergs books & series in order (18 books) (5 series). Winner of the 2009 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. ![]()
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