A Trade In Betrayals

<p><strong>New paths are forged between north and south but the connections are not what either expects.</strong></p><p>The new caste-less city hits hard times. Enemies decimate the food supply and Jarrita fears they may not survive the winter.</p><p>The mage Pavresh discovers a new magical threat a rival who corrupts Arcist magic to dominate victims' minds and who may be too powerful for Pavresh to resist.</p><p>The scholar Harkala launches a voyage to sail to the Forgotten South but stormy seas and foreign peoples thwart her goals.</p><p>After the capture of Prince Jasfer his wife Datri acts as the spy-master in Chaitanshehar. But she hangs onto foolish hope that her husband may still be alive.</p><p>A cabal of villains presents the Eghsal Valley's greatest threat but as they betray one another who is really in control?</p>