Synopses & Reviews
From the New York Times bestselling author of Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror. It is the year 2008, and Commander Rochelle "Rocky" Jackson is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan when the entire fleet is attacked from the depths and sunk by an unseen enemy. As Rocky struggles to stay alive, a monstrous mechanical steel stingray surfaces, plowing the seas it now commands. This is Goliath; a nuclear submarine Rocky helped design almost a decade earlier, a top secret project canceled when the schematics were destroyed. Powered by its five jet pump propulsors, hydrodynamically shaped to be virtually undetectable underwater, the sub has one more feature that separates it from all other vessels on the open seas: Sorceress--It's bio-chemical computer brain. Simon Covah, Commander of Goliath, and his crew are on a mission to rid the world of oppressive governments while forcing humanity to disarm. Covah's men are loyal because they all share a common bond, as victims of violence and oppression. But, unknown to Covah and his crew, Goliath's brain has become self-aware, and plotted an agenda of its own...
Review
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A Sorcerer's Treason is a gem of a book, artfully blending the windswept magic of late nineteenth century Lake Superior with that of the mystical realm of Isavalta."--Elizabeth Haydon
"A sumptuous tale of subtle magic, malevolent sorcery and twisted loyalties where nothing is at it first."--Sara Douglass
Synopsis
A World of Magic and Peril1899, Sand Island, Wisconsin: Bridget Lederle is a lighthouse keeper on this stormy, windswept shore of Lake Superior. One cold night she sees a boat foundering near the island's shoals, and rescues its lone occupant. The strangely dressed sailor tells her a fantastic tale, of Isavalta, a world where magic reigns, and where she is-incredibly-destined to play a key role in a power struggle between the Dowager Empress and her foes.
Isavalta, where magic can be found in the pattern of knots on a string, the colors of a dress, or even smoke in the air, beckons to her. Bridget has the second sight of her family, but the magical land where she will go with the sailor holds far greater marvels, and terrible perils that even she cannot see. For she carries secrets within her that even she doesn't know, secrets that could change the fate of the fabulous magical world that calls her home . . .
About the Author
Sarah Zettel is the author of
A Sorcerer's Treason, and has also written five science fiction novels, including
Reclamation, winner of the Locus Award for best first SF novel,
Fool's War, runner-up for the Philip K. Dick Award for best paperback original SF novel, and the recent
Kingdom of Cages. She lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.