Sorcerer's Legacy

Widowed by a violent conquest, imprisoned as a spoil of war, spirited Lady Elienne encounters a formidable visitation inside her locked cell. A powerful, unknown sorcerer promises her a reprieve in trade for a precarious fate: safe transfer from her ruined duchy to another world, there to become chosen bride for the Prince of Pendaire. But the perilous bargain depends on her late husband€s unborn child, with the defenseless infant birthed as threatened centerpiece in a deadly struggle to upset the succession. Alone with bare wits, Elienne faces entanglement in vicious intrigue, herself the target for ambitious usurpers already plotting Prince Darion€s downfall through dark magic.

Sorcerer€s Legacy drew Raymond E. Feist to invite Janny Wurts as collaborator on the Empire trilogy, involving another resourceful heroine from the other side of his Riftwar series.


Captive in a world of warring magic ...

€œDARION!€ Elienne€s cry raised a gust of wind. Glassware tumbled. Then the air before her spit, cloven by sorcery. Within the rent appeared a tall figure clad in wet riding leather and gray wool cloak. Soulfocus light blazed down on sodden white hair and the familiar lined face of Taroith.
€œMy Lady!€ Taroith€s summons cut urgently through the soft sigh of the flames. €œCome to me, quickly.€
But a thin, red bar of light shot between them, barring Elienne from the Sorcerer. Golden and surly in his spoiled black doublet, Faisix lifted his voice in challenge. €œIf you wish the Lady's company, Master Taroith, you must win it from me.€
Taroith said, €œYou are foolish to contest me.€
€œSpoken like a true and loyal Master of the League,€ Faisix sneered. With the grace of a panther, he stepped across the tangled wreckage of his study. €œIf you want the woman, fight for her.€
€œStrike first, then,€ Taroith said softly. €œAnd remember whose choice initiated this conflict€¦.€