The martial Sainnites have occupied Shaftal for fifteen years but every year the cost of resistance rises. Emil, a scholar officer, Zanja, the last survivor of her people, and Karis, a metalsmith, half-blood giant, and an addict ... together, perhaps they can change history.

Praise for the Elemental Logic series:

"A deftly painted story of both cultures and magics in conflict."--Robin Hobb

"A work filled with an intelligence that zings off the page."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Laurie J. Marks's first two Elemental Logic novels both won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award. The final novel, Air Logic, is forthcoming.