
Do you think you could manage that for us, Master Mercer?”Īlaron sighed. We are revising for the exams-remember them? I asked you to name the four classes of the gnosis and what defines them-a very basic ques- tion.

Sorry sir.”įyrell rolled his eyes and stroked his black goatee. Ramon leaned back, shaking his head.Īlaron hung his head, flushing. “Must I repeat the question?” The five Pure sniggered. “Nice try, Master Mercer,” sneered Fyrell, “but we reviewed calculus last period. Alaron hadn’t been listening for some time. Magister Fyrell, his least favorite teacher, had his feet up on his desk and was tossing random questions at the whole class as revision. Turm Zau- berin was an old castle, four hundred years old at least. “Sorry sir, just trying to remember the formula for calculating vectors.” He and Ramon had talked away most of the night, dreaming of their futures after graduation, but now they were back in the grim, moss-walled college. To learn more about David Hair and his books, check out the author's website.Īlaron blinked. The Moontide is coming, to sweep away all in its path. Where East and West are divided by colour, creed, language and the sea, but drawn to each other irrevocably in a dance of life and death. Where windships ply the skies and magi with god-gifted powers rule the earth. Their choices and their courage are about to change the world.Ĭome to Urte, where the moon covers half the sky and the tides render the seas impassable. But three lowly pawns, barely regarded, threaten the game: A failed mage, a jaded mercenary and a lowly market-girl are about to be catapulted into the maelstrom. The board is set and the pieces are moving. Now the Moontide has come again, the Bridge is rising from beneath the waves, and the Third Crusade is poised for release. In successive crusades the Imperial legions and their mighty battle-mages plundered the East unopposed.

But when the Rondian Emperor turned his avaricious eyes toward it, peace became war. Here's an excerpt from David Hair's Mage's Blood, the first volume in The Moontide Quartet, courtesy of the folks at Jo Fletcher Books! For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.įor years the Leviathan Bridge was a boon for prosperity and culture.
