Within

Purdu, the barbarian invader, has arrived! How can the non-violent City of the Magicians contain him when one faction appeals to his heart, the other to his ambitions? Sas and Layla, envoys of opposing camps, are isolated by Purdu so he can assert his own authority. Yet two others oppose him their way. Hyur, a metallurgist, secretly forges a magical weapon to subvert him. Gleswea, an astronomer, fleeing south to view skies she has never seen, is swept up into a culture that judges women of ability as witches deserving death. Shoan, City strategist, salvaging his wrecked plans, is unaware these four have slipped his calculations. Sas, Lalya, Hyur and Gleswea are unknowingly inching the City to an unseen, perilous fate. Will anyone catch it in time? Within, 2nd book in the series, exposes how even as the City’s dream of a rebirth in Magic is happening, traditional institutions are failing. With Purdu spearheading the revival, Citizens fear the purposes their Magic will be turned to.