The Palace (Bell Mountain Series #6) - Plot & Excerpts
His many successes were due to his always having a clear vision of what he wanted, and then bending all his powers to getting it. He wanted Obann back the way it used to be, ruled by oligarchs—but this time with himself as their chief—ruled by the Temple, and without a king. The Temple was indispensable. It kept the people contented with the way things were. Moreover, the Temple ought to be ruled by a First Prester who was hand-in-glove with the High Council of the Oligarchs: who was one of them, as Lord Reesh was, sharing in their vision of stability and working closely with the council to govern the nation. Lord Orth, Merffin reflected, would never be that kind of First Prester. But Goryk Gillow would. Merffin wanted no king in Obann, but for the time being, there were two kings, and no one knew which was which. Merffin would have gambled that the real king was the feebleminded boy who’d fled to Durmurot with Gurun, the so-called queen. But he never gambled if he could avoid it.
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