Publisher's Synopsis
It's 254 YaD (Year after Dissolution) or 2281 in the Common Era. Lord Shem is the ruler of the kingdom of Murikah, a country nearly devastated on the Day of Dissolution when both nature and the foolishness of mankind seemed determined to destroy an Earth now slowly recovering from the damage inflicted on it in that long ago but terrifying year.Lord Shem's Regent, the Lady Marta, and her daughter Mednyt strategize ways to ensure Lord Shem remains on the throne. But Doktor Baltis, the head of the Diaconate, has other ideas and resolves to destroy Mednyt and her family, maintain sway over the Committee, and he hopes, oust Lord Shem from the throne, thus allowing him to take over the kingdom.But Mednyt proves to be a more clever and assertive adversary than Baltis realized, and in a battle of wits the two of them struggle for power-and the throne.
