Hidden from the human-inhabited world by the inimical magical device known
as the keleigh, the Vaitura has become a subtle battleground where the once
all-powerful Elder Fey strive against each other and the upstart Queen to regain
ascendancy. Of all the Elder Fey it is Altimere who is strongest in magical kest
and Altimere who is most devious. Pitted against Zaldore and her group seeking
to manipulate the convelescing Ranger known as Longeye to foil the Queen and
rule the world, Altimere dares to utilize the untested powers of half-human,
half-Fey Rebecca Beauvally, recognized by the elemental denizens of the Vaitura
as The Gardener. Now all plans must be rewritten: Becca breaks
Altimere's capricious dominion with the dangerous herbal help of Duainfey, but,
weakened by the effort, is held against her will in service to the Queen by
Meripen's mysterious sea-lord cousin, Sian. Becca must escape the Queen's
retainers to regain control of her own fate. With the magics of the Vaitura, and
Altimere's retribution arrayed against her, she escapes with only her horse, a
mad forest-living Brethren, and her freed magical servant Nancy at her side.
Worse, the recovered legendary hero Longeye, long beloved of the Vaitura's
forest folk and creatures, has re-armed at Sian's bidding, and knows most of all
about Becca that she is both dangerous, and of the same folk who cruelly
tortured him and slew his lover before his eyes.
- ISBN10 1416591532
- ISBN13 9781416591535
- Publish Date 20 April 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 November 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English