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In a dark land of desperate treaties and even more desperate treaty-breakers, one reluctant judge discovers that in the desert, the letter of the law supersedes its spirit and that entering the City of the Sultans alive is no guarantee of leaving it the same way. Following the Trial of Reckoning, Kij expects to return home in triumph, having both rendered and carried out her judgment as required by the Great Treaty. But she quickly learns that her unusual verdict will have repercussions far beyond the Judgment Chamber; it may well result in her own ruin and the loss of everything she holds dear.
Author
Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell was born [redacted] years ago in America's Last, Best Place. A descendant of kings, pilgrims, Ojibwe hunters and possibly a witch or two, she spent the first few years of her life frolicking gleefully in a large backyard that is now part of one of the nation's largest Superfund sites. Perhaps that explains her early penchant for fantasy and horror - the first book she ever read (at the tender age of three) was Frank L. Baum's "Ozma of Oz." Marcy sold her first short story to Marion Zimmer Bradley while in college and her first novel to Wizards of the Coast in 2005. She now lives in the desert in the shadow of an improbably green mountain and in odd moments stolen from her family and her writing, she can be found browsing eBay for Wonder Woman/Girl figures.
