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Visle War
The streets of 12th Century Damascus run red with the blood of the secret sect of the Assassins, foiled in their plot to join with the Knights of the Temple to overthrow the city. Commander Ibn Tariq rides out from the city to confront the army of the Crusaders, while a lone figure, shrouded in shadow, flees into the wilderness.
From the army of Crusader King Baldwin, a grizzled veteran rides out to challenge the Syrians. In the hills outside the city, they meet – and encounter an ancient power that sweeps them into another world.
In the land of Isgarra, General Hasif nahsk-Serag marches an army towards the ruins of a once great civilization, its people long dead or, if the legends are true, sleeping in their tombs beneath the mountains. He pursues one of his own men, who has fled with an artifact that is the symbol of his nation’s might.
And in that place of legends, an ancient people withers away in their underground warren, beneath a mountain where the rest of the world believes their graves to lie. At that city’s heart the Mistress of the Deep Fount, touched by a magic she scarcely understands, calls the General’s man to her.
And with him, an ancient weapon that is more than a weapon, that has the power to summon monstrous beings it banished long ago. With him he brings the Visle, and two worlds will soon feel its power.
From the army of Crusader King Baldwin, a grizzled veteran rides out to challenge the Syrians. In the hills outside the city, they meet – and encounter an ancient power that sweeps them into another world.
In the land of Isgarra, General Hasif nahsk-Serag marches an army towards the ruins of a once great civilization, its people long dead or, if the legends are true, sleeping in their tombs beneath the mountains. He pursues one of his own men, who has fled with an artifact that is the symbol of his nation’s might.
And in that place of legends, an ancient people withers away in their underground warren, beneath a mountain where the rest of the world believes their graves to lie. At that city’s heart the Mistress of the Deep Fount, touched by a magic she scarcely understands, calls the General’s man to her.
And with him, an ancient weapon that is more than a weapon, that has the power to summon monstrous beings it banished long ago. With him he brings the Visle, and two worlds will soon feel its power.
355 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2017
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Ray Lacina
4 books7 followersRay Lacina is an English prof at a two-year college in Michigan. He got into the profession because he loves to write, and then discovered that he loves teaching as well. His first poem: “I like birds and they like me/but I live in a house and they live in a tree.”
Clearly destined for greatness from the start, Ray later went on to complete his Ph.D. in American Literature at the University of Toronto, and began his formal teaching career in Saudi Arabia (after brief excursions into corporate Canada), before landing his current gig in 2002.
Throughout, he has returned again and again to his love for writing, eventually moving from ornithological verse to "I'm T.S. Eliot. Seriously. T.S. Eliot" verse to fiction, both speculative and mainstream. He lives in Michigan with his beautiful wife and strapping son.
Clearly destined for greatness from the start, Ray later went on to complete his Ph.D. in American Literature at the University of Toronto, and began his formal teaching career in Saudi Arabia (after brief excursions into corporate Canada), before landing his current gig in 2002.
Throughout, he has returned again and again to his love for writing, eventually moving from ornithological verse to "I'm T.S. Eliot. Seriously. T.S. Eliot" verse to fiction, both speculative and mainstream. He lives in Michigan with his beautiful wife and strapping son.
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May 9, 2017
I don't normally like split timelines, although I feel like they're becoming quite common. This one was very well done, and seamlessly joined together in stride to create a well-paced storyline.
There are a lot of moving pieces, and it's an interesting mix of foreign words, ancient times, and alternate worlds. It all fell into place as the pace increased through the climax, and I found myself getting more and more drawn in.
There are a lot of moving pieces, and it's an interesting mix of foreign words, ancient times, and alternate worlds. It all fell into place as the pace increased through the climax, and I found myself getting more and more drawn in.
April 18, 2017
This is an engrossing novel, and an education. Blending realities and cultures, this book takes you to places that I haven't often read about. It's not often that through a fantasy novel I can feel that I've become a smarter person with a broader experience, but this is the one that does it. This breakout novel should be required reading for those who want to know more about the world we live in through a lens of the past--or anyone who wants an entertaining read.
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