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Within
by Peter Gribble
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GENRE: Fantasy
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BLURB:
Purdu,
the barbarian invader, has arrived! How can the pacifist, nonviolent City of
the Magicians contain him when one faction appeals to his heart, the other to
his ambitions?
Sas and Lalya are
envoys of opposing camps, but Purdu throws them together to isolate them from
their enclaves and assert his own authority. Yet two others decide to oppose
him their way. Hyur, foremost metallurgist, secretly forges a magical weapon to
tempt and subvert him. Gleswea, an astronomer, flees south to view skies she
has never seen, but is swept into a culture that judges women of ability as
necromancing witches deserving death.
Shoan, City
strategist, reconstructing his wrecked plans, is unaware these four have
slipped his calculations. Sas, Lalya, Hyur and Gleswea are unknowingly inching
the City toward an unseen, perilous fate. Will anyone catch it in time?
Within, the second
book in The City of the Magicians series, exposes how even as the City's old
dream of a rebirth in Magic seems to be happening, traditional institutions are
failing. With Purdu spearheading the revival, some Citizens fear the purposes
their Magic may soon be turned to.
Praise for Threat,
the first book in The City of the Magicians series.
"An exquisitely
crafted, richly textured world of magic and mystery, with settings and mood so
exceptionally well visualized that fans of science fiction and fantasy should
not pass up the chance to walk inside." – IndieReader
"Apart from the
beautiful writing, the robustly written characters, and the strong setting,
Peter Gribble has the ability to immerse readers in a world that is
well-imagined and sculpted. Having enjoyed Threat immensely, I am looking
forward to the next installment in the series." - Readers' Favorite
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EXCERPT:
It was unnerving having Purdu absent. The men, already ill
at ease with the ominous lake and their commander on the inaccessible
Magicians’ mountain, chafed at the too quiet afternoon. No one wanted to
practice riding drills or play competitive war games anymore. Those who tried
did so in desultory fashion. Nor did Purdu return in the evening.
Late afternoon of the second day of Purdu’s absence, Hakl,
the engineer, entered Purdu’s tent (with the guards’ perfunctory permission) to
re-examine the maps the first scouts had sketched to determine if upper courses
of the cursed river had possible fording spots.
His search never went beyond the side room where the strange
metal balls lay haphazard on a saddle blanket spread out on the floor.
Finely wrought designs on their surfaces were Plateau
embroidery in metal thread—exotic work by a master artisan. Only Klebur,
Purdu’s second in command—away securing and rebuilding the ravaged city of the
aristocrats—had been allowed to see them. Hakl, like most everyone, had only
seen the long red leather box they came in, but never their contents. The
balls, siblings identical
to one another, had been rolled out onto the blanket as if
Purdu had taken—they were divining tools!
Of course. A gift from the Magician would be nothing less.
He always scoffed at the credulous, those far too willing to
hang their lives and fates onto intangible superstitions, yet he had never
quite been able to shake his own sister Kakla’s last private comment to him as
they parted. A respected shaman of the Haptukatl, her word, however suspect,
had lodged persistent in his mind: “Success there is along the way, yet at the
end he will be stopped by fire.” Despite her irritating habit of referring to
people in the third person, Hakl was sure she had meant Purdu and not himself
and, against such an event, had quietly kept fire retardants on hand and
quietly close to the Commander whenever possible. Though before him now, these
exquisite crafted balls of the Magician were eerie tangibles compared to
utterances to quail the spirit.
Almost all of the ball’s images had a wavy-lines icon
uppermost. Three were different: a simple depiction of a horse; beside it, a
man icon; and in front of those two, an image of a woman. All those wavy lines
surrounding them, though . . .
They meant “river.”
River, river, river . . . the Magician’s prophecy coiled and
tightened around every heart in the Earth-Scorching Wind: It will claim three
of your best people. Hakl thought he could very well be one of them.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Peter Gribble
has written for NUVO and other magazines in British Columbia.
For over ten
years he wrote a monthly gardening column for a local Vancouver paper.
The City of
the Magicians is his first published series.
CONNECT WITH
Peter Gribble
WEBSITE -
Peter Gribble – Author
https://petergribble.com/
GOODREADS -
Peter Gribble (Author of Threat) | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20904184.Peter_Gribble
PURCHASE
LINKS Book One - Threat
AMAZON.COM -
https://amazon.com/dp/0228812194
AMAZON.CA - https://amazon.ca/dp/0228812194
AMAZON KINDLE
- https://amazon.com/dp/B08NTQ69Q7
INDIGO
CHAPTERS - https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/threat/9780228812197-item.html
BARNES &
NOBLE - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/threat-peter-gribble/1138327338
PURCHASE
LINKS Book Two - Within
AMAZON.COM -
https://amazon.com/dp/0228826446
AMAZON.CA - https://amazon.ca/dp/0228826446
AMAZON KINDLE
- https://amazon.com/dp/B09RLZP7DV
INDIGO
CHAPTERS -
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/within/9780228826446-item.html
BARNES &
NOBLE - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/within-peter-gribble/1140984426
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