Vale Aida

Elegy Vale Aida

BOOK ONE OF THE MAGPIE BALLADS. The Governor of Cassarah is dead. All signs point towards foul play by his old enemy, the Queen of Sarei. The burden of revenge falls on his son, the actor, soldier, and notorious trickster Savonn Silvertongue, whose methods are as flamboyant as they are cruel. But Savonn harbours secrets from his own mischievous past. And he faces ruin as his greatest adversary-the beautiful, ruthless diviner known only as the Empath-threatens to bring them to light. Meanwhile, Savonn's best friend Iyone Safin wages her own deadly battle of wits to stop a string of unexplained accidents, protect the woman she loves, and ultimately, to save Cassarah from the Saraians.