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From the acclaimed author ofFires of the Faithful comes the tale of an impetuous young woman, freeborn in a world of slavery and magic. Twenty-year-old Lauria is the favorite aide to Kyros, a powerful military officer. On his authority, she is messenger, observer, and spy. But now she is entrusted with a mission more dangerous than any that have come before Freedom's Gate.After years of relative peace, word has come to Kyros’s compound that the bandit tribe known as the Alashi is planning an offensive. It is up to Lauria to infiltrate the Alashi by posing as an escaped slave—a charge that requires she serve in the household of a neighboring officer. From there, she will stage an escape and continue on in her guise as a runaway. But posing as a slave—a virgin concubine,no less—may prove the least of her troubles.
For even if she does escape and the Alashi do accept her, how can this freeborn woman convince them she is slave, not spy?
And, worse, what if her own views are gradually changing, calling everything she believes about her world into question?
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Cowritten by three writers known for producing sizable novels, this gargantuan epic retrofits 1537 Venice into New Age duds. The Icelander Erik Hakkonen arrives in Mainz to serve the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as bodyguard and tutor to the Emperor`s promiscuous nephew, Prince Manfred. The unlikely pair sojourn to Venice, with the twin aim of whetting the Prince`s prodigious sexual appetite and preparing for the Emperor`s politically motivated trip there. Sorcerers, shapeshifters, and mages await them in this straightforward, heavily-researched alternate fantasy.
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A massive explosion kills many of the attendees of the New Republic Senate meeting, alerting Leia, Han, and Chewbacca to a secret plot.
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In this, the ninth volume in the epic Wheel of Time series, Rand al'Thor (also known as the Dragon Reborn) continues his struggle against the Dark One. Meanwhile, civilization, drifting ever closer to chaos, is rent asunder by infighting, political squabbles, and the isolation of its heroes.
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Apulius wrote this bawdy novel, the only such work to survive in Latin, in the second century A.D. It is the story of Lucius, an aristocratic young man, and his adventures in Thessaly, culminating in his metamorphosis into an ass as punishment for betraying a priestess.
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