A professor of mathematics at SUNY College at Oneonta, Joshua Palmatier has published six books-the "Throne of Amenkor" series (The Skewed Throne, The Cracked Throne, The Vacant Throne) with DAW and the "Well of Sorrows" series (Well of Sorrows, Leaves of Flame) with Baen. His most recent novel is SHATTERING THE LEY, the start of a new series. He has also published numerous short stories-"Mastihooba" in Close Encounters of the Urban Kind and "Tears of Blood" in Beauty Has Her Way (both edited by Jennifer Brozek), "The River" in River (edited by Alma Alexander), and "Daughter of the Sands" in A...