Mykella, the eldest daughter of the Lord-Protector of Lanachrona, discovers that someone is diverting significant sums of money from her father’s treasury. Soon, a series of fatal and near fatal accidents occur to members of her family and trusted retainers. Her father is killed. Then there are attempts to remove Mykella and her sisters from the capital by marrying them off.

While Mykella develops a solid idea of who stands behind it all, her every attempt at a solution is used to discredit her.  But Mykella is also discovering her talent for magic.

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L. E. Modesitt Jr.

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., lives in Cedar City, Utah.

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Excerpt

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In the late afternoon of Octdi, Mykella dis­mounted at the base of the ramp leading to the north end of the Great Piers of Tempre. The top of the ramp ended some twenty yards short of the squarish one-story stone struc­ture that held the portmaster and his clerks. Immediately to the north of the portmaster’s building stood the shimmering green tower that dominated the northern end of the Great Piers of Tempre.

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