A TRADE IN BETRAYALS

New paths are forged between north and south, but the connections are not what either expects.The new caste-less city hits hard times. Enemies decimate the food supply, and Jarrita fears they may not survive the winter.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.The scholar Harkala launches a voyage to sail to the Forgotten South, but stormy seas and foreign peoples thwart her goals.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.A cabal of villains presents the Eghsal Valley’s greatest threat, but as they betray one another who is really in control?