The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic.
A world populated by Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Wildfolk or faeries/elementals, some of whom are dark, without compassion or understanding of the worlds they interact with.
The Elves are a fallen race, driven out of their magnificent and palatial cities centuries before by invaders, and who now roam the plains as primitives. They possess the potential to be superlative magicians, but the knowledge was lost in the fall of their civilization. Humans, though warlike and shorter lived, have preserved this knowledge, but guard it jealously. The Wildfolk, basically magic incarnate, are unhinged from the effects of "karma", but lack permanence of personality, and cannot grow or develop, cursed to stagnation. The Dwarves are a secretive mystery, entrenched within the earth. Each has something to offer the other, and the story that unfolds is the story of this "technology" exchange, of sorts, between them.
This is the first book I've read in this series and it stands alone well. I would like to read the rest of the series.
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