an epic fantasy adventure by Carol Berg

People, Places, and Languages of the Derzhi Empire

People, Places, and Languages of Restoration

Map of the Derzhi Empire

         Transformation

Winner of the 2005 Geffen Award for the Best Translated Fantasy Novel
Finalist for the 2001 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award
Runner-up for the 2000 Barnes and Noble Maiden Voyage Award

Seyonne is a man waiting to die. He has been a slave for sixteen years, almost half his life, and has lost everything of meaning to him: his dignity, the people and homeland he loves, and the Warden's power he used to defend an unsuspecting world from the ravages of demons. Seyonne has made peace with his fate.  With strict self-discipline he forces himself to exist only in the present moment and to avoid the pain of hope or caring about anyone. But from the moment he is sold to the arrogant, careless Prince Aleksander, the heir to the Derzhi Empire, Seyonne's uneasy peace begins to crumble. And when he discovers a demon lurking in the Derzhi court, he must find hope and strength in a most unlikely place...

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        Revelation

Two years after his battle with the Lord of Demons, Seyonne is tired, troubled, angry, and frustrated. As Ezzaria's only remaining Warden, he carries the entire burden of the worsening demon war on his shoulders. But a demon encounter unlike any in Ezzarian memory leads Seyonne to question everything he has ever believed. And his search for a demon-possessed child becomes the search for his own soul and the soul of his people.

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        Restoration

Finalist for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy of 2002

In the Third Book of the Rai-kirah, Seyonne is besieged by doubt, madness, and visions that insist that he will destroy the world. Even his steadfast hope that somehow Prince Aleksander is destined for greatness seems doomed. For a royal murder sends Aleksander on the run as the Derzhi Empire crumbles around him. Faith, friendship, gods and demons drive sorcerer and prince to the final battle of the demon war--each man facing an opponent he could never have imagined.

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The Books of the Rai-kirah are also available:

In Hebrew, from Graff Publishing
In Czech, from Fantom Print Books
In Russian, from Azbooka Publishers
In Polish, from ISA
In German, from Bertelsmann
In French, from Editions Bragelonne