In The Green Pearl, King Aillas of Troicinet defends the peace of the
Elder Isles against both the Ska marauders who once enslaved him and the
wicked King Casmir. While organizing the unruly barons in the frontiers
of his land, Aillas goes out of his way to capture the lovely Ska
noblewoman who once stung him with her disregard. When he gets separated
from his men, his dream of forcing the lady's recognition becomes the
toil of dragging a defiant captive across lands governed by Casmir's
henchmen. Meanwhile, the world of magic has gone on the move. The
concentrated malice of the witch Desmëi has manifested as a green pearl,
breeding lust and envy and death; and a sorcerer in Casmir's employ
abducts the princess Glyneth, in a bid to draw Aillas and friends on a
hopeless rescue mission across a bizarre and deadly alternate world.
A masterpiece of romantic, picaresque adventure, The Green Pearl
extends the epic founded with Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden and concluded
in the World Fantasy Award-winning Madouc