![]() ![]() ![]() In a plot that borrows from, but does not lean too heavily on, Hamlet, the Lease’s Heir, the warrior Mawat, returns from battle with his faithful aide, Eolo, to discover the previous Instrument dead, his father missing, and his uncle Hibal seated on the Lease’s bench. ![]() Advised by a council of lords and the Mother of the Silent, the ruler of the land, known as the Raven’s Lease, gains power and authority from the Raven through his oath to sacrifice his own life when the Instrument dies. The land of Iraden is apparently the territory of two gods: the god of the Silent Forest, who protects the country and offers occasional advice to his chief votary, the Mother of the Silent and the Raven, who speaks through a living bird known as the Instrument. The author of four award-winning and critically acclaimed space operas ( Provenance, 2017, etc.) aims her philosophical musings about politics, power, and revenge at a new subgenre: epic fantasy. ![]()
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