Dust and Light (Sanctuary, 1) - Softcover

Berg, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451417240 ISBN 13: 9780451417244

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2014

Synopsis

National bestselling author Carol Berg returns to the world of her award-winning Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone with an all-new tale of magic, mystery, and corruption....

How much must one pay for an hour of youthful folly? The Pureblood Registry accused Lucian de Remeni-Masson of "unseemly involvement with ordinaries," which meant only that he spoke with a young woman not of his own kind, allowed her to see his face unmasked, worked a bit of magic for her....After that one mistake, Lucian's grandsire excised half his magic and savage Harrowers massacred his family. Now the Registry has contracted his art to a common coroner. His extraordinary gift for portraiture is restricted to dead ordinaries--beggars or starvelings hauled from the streets.

But sketching the truth of dead men's souls brings unforeseen consequences. Sensations not his own. Truths he cannot possibly know and dares not believe. The coroner calls him a cheat and says he is trying to weasel out of a humiliating contract. The Registry will call him mad--and mad sorcerers are very dangerous....

About this title

Review:

Praise for Carol Berg

"An absolutely gorgeous writer...[who] does incredible worldbuilding." --C. E. Murphy, author of The Walker Paper series

Praise for Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone

"Engrossing." --Sharon Shinn, National Bestselling Author of Royal Airs

"Altogether superior." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Emotionally intense." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Carol Berg is the national bestselling author of multiple fantasy novels, including Breath and Bone, Flesh and Spirit, The Daemon Prism, The Soul Mirror, and The Spirit Lens. She is a former software engineer. She lives in Colorado with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0451417240
• ISBN 13: 9780451417244
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464