When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didnt commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But the thing he hadnt counted on was his cellmate.
Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many thingsnone of them predictable. He takes on Alec as his apprentice, and soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Soon both of them are embroiled in a sinister plot that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail.

Lynn Flewelling grew up in Presque Isle, Maine. She earned a degree in English from the University of Maine then studied veterinary medicine at Oregon State University and classical Greek at Georgetown University. She teaches writing workshops and has been a guest instructor at the Stonecoast Writers' Conference, the World Science Fiction Convention, and the Maine Writers' and Publishers' Alliance. She lives in Bangor, Maine.

Raymond Todd is an actor-director in the theater, a poet, a jazz trombonist, and a documentary filmmaker who lives in New York.