The debut of a stunning new talent. A poor, young woman rises to the
heights of a crumbling empire, where she must speak hard truth to power
in order to save a world from chaos.
Everybody Wants Answers. No One Wants the Truth.
The Arunkel Empire has stood a thousand years, forged by wealth and
conquest, but now rebellion is stirring on the borders and treachery
brews in the palace halls. Elsewhere, in a remote mountain village, a
young mother sells the prophesies of her sister, Amarta, in order to
keep them and her infant child from starving. It's a dangerous game when
such revelations draw suspicion and mistrust as often as they earn coin.
Yet Amarta's visions are true. And often not at all what the seeker
wishes to hear.
Now in a tapestry of loyalty, intrigue, magic, and gold, Amarta has
become the key to a ruler's ambitions. But is she nothing beyond a tool?
As Amarta comes into her own as a seer, she realizes she must do more
than predict the future. She must create it.
About The Seer:
"Solidly entertaining sword-and-sorcery adventure . . ."--Publishers
Weekly
"Compelling characters, a fully imagined world, and a gripping
narrative: The Seer announces Sonia Lyris as a new and exciting voice
in epic fantasy. I highly recommend this novel, and I look forward to
her next."--David B. Coe, author of best-selling Winds of the Forelands
series
"The Seer is something extremely rare these days: a fantasy which is
complex, complete, so intricate that you feel the picture goes on far,
far beyond the parts of it which are in the book. There is a wonderful
depth to it, and the characters and the setting in which the characters
find themselves (both horrific and fascinating) made it compelling
reading. The story's separate threads left me wondering how the author
could possibly weave them together. She did so brilliantly, it was
masterful and I was very impressed."--Dave Freer, author of the
critically acclaimed Dragon's Ring series
