Series: Book 2 in the Traitor Spy series
Rating: ***
Tags: EN-Fantasy, Lang:en
Summary
Sonea, Black Magician of Kyralia,
remains deeply concerned about her son Lorkin, who has gone
missing on assignment in the foreign land of Sachaka. Her
problems at home remain as well, for there is a rogue magician
on the loose, threatening the life of her friend Cery, leader
of the Thieves.Lorkin, living among the Sachakan rebels, does
his best to learn about them and their unique magic. But the
Traitors are reluctant to trade their knowledge for the Healing
they so desperately want, and while he assumes they fear
revealing their existence to the world, there are hints they
have bigger plans.In Sachaka, Dannyl has lost the respect of
the Sachakan elite for letting Lorkin join the Traitors. The
Ashaki's attention has shifted, instead, to the new Elyne
Ambassador, a man Dannyl knows all too well.And in the
University, two female novices are about to remind the Guild
that sometimes their greatest enemy is found within.