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The Third Death

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The age of queens and warring states in Rai has been over for thousands of years, but their legacy remains in curses, plagues and other monsters brought back from parallel worlds. 

Rai might be haunted by ancient wars, but Tura, a free-spirited master blacksmith in the city of Kiengrad isn't perturbed by history.  But something begins altering the flow of magic and threatening to tear apart the hard-won freedom of her people, and she's beginning to suspect that she can't trust the priests to tell the truth about anything, even her friends and her younger brother.

Inside the temple of Kienviory, Tura's brother and his devoted husband to be Dvrov can also sense deadly trouble brewing that seems likely to tear them apart.

Serebryany, a priest with a knack for healing and extraordinarily powerful magical abilities is carrying secrets that are tearing him apart when he arrives at Kienviory, secrets that begin to spill out when he meets Tura. 

Devotion, desire, fear and faith are all put to the test as an intricate conspiracy is revealed that seems to force each of them inexorably toward a role none want to play.All Rights Reserved

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