Fire Logic

by Laurie J. Marks

• ISBN13: 9780312878870
• ISBN10: 0312878877
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-05-17
• Publisher: Tor Books

Summary

The warlike Sainnites have occupied the peaceful country of Shaftal for fifteen years. The Earth witch who ruled Shaftal is dead, leaving no heir. The ruling House of Lilterwess has been scattered and destroyed. The Shaftali mobilize a guerrilla army, but every year the cost of resistance gets higher. Emil is a Shaftali Paladin, an officer, a scholar, and an excellent judge of character.Zanja is a diplomat, a traveller, a prescient, and the last survivor of a slaughtered tribe. Karis is a metalsmith, a half-blood giant, and addicted to a deadly drug that suspends her will and her judgment.Separately, all they can do is watch as Shaftal falls from prosperity into lawlessness and famine. Together, perhaps they can change the course of history.

Author Biography

Laurie J. Marks is a third-generation Californian who came to Massachusetts to go to graduate school and never left. She earned a BA from Brown University and an MA from Northeastern University. Before settling down to teach composition, creative writing, and science fiction at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, she worked with an anti-poverty program in Mexico, was a crisis counselor in domestic violence and rape intervention, and administered and designed programs for a county-wide literacy agency. She serves on the steering committee of Broad Universe, and is a member of SFFWA and the National Council of Teachers of English. She lives in Melrose, Massachusetts.