Kol runs down the corridor, agents of His Eminence hot on his heels. He needs escape, a way out, but all he sees is a heavy wooden door. Does salvation or capture lie behind it? In "The Last Ereph," he finds the answer and more than he could have ever expected. That and nine other short stories make up this debut collection from an exciting new voice in science fiction and fantasy. Other stories include: -"Of That Alluring Fruit," in which a young woman is tempted to risk all to discover the secret of a mysterious island. -"The Dragon of the Bailey," in which a prisoner seizes his opportunity...

The war is over, but nothing is settled. On the Neldathi side of the Water Road the clans are slowly pulling apart following a sudden murder. Hirrek is tasked with getting to the bottom of a mystery: was this killing the random act of a violent, unstable man? Or was it something more sinister, a hint of what the Neldathi thought they'd defeated during the war? The unity won in blood may be slipping away. In the rebuilding city of Innisport, life is returning to something like normal. That's largely due to Mida, given the task of rebuilding the city by Antrey Ranbren herself. After Mida hands...