The collection includes the novellas “Fierce Island,” “Face in the Darkness,” “The Assassin’s Faith,” and “Bitter Honey.”
Something is wrong in the world of “sword and sorcery.”
In Dalanai, the land of brave warriors, bold princes, and all-knowing seers, the inhabitants of the mysterious island of Salhan suffer from an ancient curse—and it cannot be escaped until a mysterious outsider from other lands arrives on the island…
In proud Albigey—land of knights, clergy, and beautiful ladies—omnipotent inquisitors of the God Who Shouts bear a magical tattoo on their chests, called the “Outward Form.” They flood the country with blood, sending ever-new heretics and witches to trial and execution…
In the glorious city of Kremen, a stern father orders a young man to take as wife the maiden whom rumor has branded a witch—and the young husband is forced, against his will, to stand through an endless struggle against the spells she casts…
Far to the East, in the lush and cruel Faria, a story begins of a long, relentless feud—of a warrior from a pasha’s personal guard and a mysterious killer, an assassin. A feud that will end only when one of the enemies meets death…
Different lands.
A long road separates them from one another.
But Evil—cunning and many-faced—doesn’t know distances; neither does Good…