The second in the Duel of Sorcery trilogy.I have to say, I liked the first one better. Where the first book set up a parallel structure with Serroi's childhood and her present, this volume alternates between Serroi and a young village girl, Tuli.Serroi's now on a quest with the headman she rescue...
The two contenders tossed the dice for the final contest. The Noris drew the Runner, the Sword, the Sorcerer, the Eye. He was pleased. The armies could march. The valley and all that was in it would be his. The Indweller drew the Kingfisher, the Poet-warrior, the Priestess, the Magic Child. "The...
Serroi had been an outcast. She was a misborn of the windrunners, of small stature with pale olive skin and certain strangely heightened sensitivies. But now she was a meie - a woman warrior trained by an exclusive order. She had been with her shieldmate at the Plaz when she overheard the assassi...