![]() ![]() The wizard, formerly the ruler of the city Tlaanthothe, needs her to help reclaim his position from a scheming rival. Csorwe chooses life and becomes Sethennai's ninja. Then Sethennai, a wizard-his race has Spock ears-requesting a prophesy about the mysterious and powerful Reliquary of Pentravesse, offers her a choice: serve him and live, or marry the god and die. Csorwe is of a hominin race that sports tusks-these are functionless and, unfortunately, impossible to visualize without thinking "piggish." In a narrative rendered in crisp, vivid prose, Csorwe serves the oracular shrine of a god-the Unspoken Name-but is destined soon to sacrifice herself. ![]() Magic powers derive from a rare, innate ability combined with power vouchsafed by a patron god. ![]() In this imaginative but never fully convincing universe, places may be reached via magical gates leading through a maze of dead and dying worlds. Larkwood's debut, the first of a fantasy series, begins in familiar fashion as a warrior-maiden adventure and gradually develops into a love story. ![]()
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