Author(s): Anne Bishop

Science Fiction/Fantasy

From Award-Winning Author of the Bestselling Black Jewels Trilogy!

"A vivid fantasy world . . .. Beautiful"--Book Browser

It began as a witch-hunt. But the Master Inquisitor's plans to eliminate all traces of female power in the world have expanded to crushing the Sylvalan barons who oppose him-and to destroying the wellspring of magic in the Mother's Hills.

"Lavishly sensual . . .. a richly detailed world based on a reversal of standard genre clichés."--Library Journal