Publisher's Synopsis
"This breathtakingly epic conclusion to the Keeper of Tales Trilogy brings together the romance of The Mapmaker's War with the harrowing account found in The Chronicle of Secret Riven in this "deeply intelligent, richly enhanced tale of magic, power, greed, and the infinite resilience of the human heart" (New York Journal of Books). "Descendants and survivors, here told is what happened to me, and how it came to pass that I released the plague..." Secret Riven--the mystically gifted heroine of The Chronicle of Secret Riven--is adjusting to her new life working for the mysterious magnate Fewmany as an archivist in his private library when she stumbles upon the arcane manuscript that had vanished following her mother's untimely death. But deciphering the manuscript may wrench her towards a cataclysmic fate, one set into motion over a thousand years ago and linked to an ancient war. What does Fewmany really want from Secret? And what i
