The legacy of Mari and Alain blazes ahead in this brand-new sequel to
the hit Audible original series The Pillars of Reality.
The world of Dematr had been locked unchanging for centuries by the
Great Guilds, most people living in a world of oil lamps, crossbows, and
horse cavalry, the Mechanics reserving to themselves the technology for
steam locomotives, rifles, and far-talkers while the Mages treated all
others as if they were nothing - until Master Mechanic Mari, dragon
slayer and pirate queen, and Master of Mages Alain raised the army of
the new day to free their world.
Kira of Pacta Servanda, the daughter of the two greatest heroes of her
world, was six years old the day she stood on a battlement in Dorcastle,
staring up at a statue of her mother while surrounded by bodyguards who
fenced Kira off from the nearby crowds. As the morning sun cast the
shadow of Mari's statue over Kira, she realized that she would spend the
rest of her life in that shade. Then the world of Dematr learned that a
new kind of ship had left the far-distant world of Urth. The ship would
take only 10 years to cover the immense distances between stars. Of all
the colony worlds, the ship was coming to Dematr. But for what purpose?
Kira was 16 when the ship from Urth arrived, and she discovered that her
world still needed heroes.