Publisher's Synopsis
In Carrhen some people have a magic power such as telekinesis or stealth. Anarya, a Sponger, can absorb and use anyone's magic without them even being aware. When she sees Yisyena, a Sitrelker refugee, being assaulted by three drunken men, she helps her to escape. Yisyena is a clairvoyant, a useful skill for Anarya in her work as an investigator, a quaestor, in the city of Carregis. So she offers Yisyena a place to stay and suggests they become business partners. Soon, lovers too. Business is hard to find, so when an opportunity arises to work for Count Graumedel who rules over the city, they can't afford to turn it down. Soon they are embroiled in state secrets and the personal vendettas of a murdered champion, a cabal, a puppet king, and a false god looking for one who has defied him.
