About Sorcerers, Women and Wicked Furniture

The continuing adventures of Illyar Istarshky!

A black mage against his will—and now the emperor’s envoy—Illyar investigates mysterious murders of sorcerers in the Sholokhom Tower. With spells, the young mage still handles things not very skillfully, so he inspires awe in those around him with his incomprehensible power. Many women want to get an audience with him, but Illyar is missing the wife he left behind in the capital—already expecting a child—so he stubbornly resists temptation. And so far it all seems fine, if only fate weren’t throwing him new trials…