Cadmian's Choice

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of the bestselling Saga of Recluce fantasy series, opens the door into a marvelous new world.

Millennia ago, a magical disaster caused the fall of a great worldwide civilization, the end of a golden age. New civilizations have fought their way up from the ancient destruction and chaos, knowing little of the lost world that preceded them or the details of its fall. Corus today is a world of contending countries, of humans, but also of strange animals and supernatural creatures. It is a place of magical powers, and of a few people who are talented enough to use them.

The time is fast approaching for the transfer of the whole population from the old world, nearly bled dry of life force, to Corus. But neither Dainyl and the other Alectors (who will be reduced in status when the real powers arrive) nor Mykel and the local humans (who seem destined to become little more than cattle) are ready.

The Corean...