Into the Maelstrom: 2 (Gennebar Rising)

Strange cosmic powers have awakened in young Arol a junior assistant at the Sacred Temple in the capital city of his war-torn homeland of Gennebar.Seeking to understand and to control these powers he goes to study with the elder cosmically gifted sage Bernarro. Too soon he is thrust into the maelstrom of conflict and war when his mother is sold into slavery by a corrupt tax collector. Enraged Arol decides to join the forlorn rebellion the Zemaki against his countrys oppressors the rapacious Drenarian Empire. But first he accompanies Bernarro on a quest to find and free his mother.In the market of Gennebars port he chances into Lissande a courtesan in the Drenarian Viceroys court. There Lissande is discovered by angry pursuers from the Viceroys household. Moved by her plight and drawn to her beauty Arol comes to her rescue. But dire choices confront Lissande when she returns to the Viceroys house and she decides on a bloody leavetaking with Arol.In Lissandes company Arol reunites with his best friend Zorn who has already joined the rebellion and his lover the rebel leader Senasha. Arol and his new comrades must depend on his untested abilities as they risk all to strike a brilliant blow against the Drenarian occupation.