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Learn moreMillennia 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. Alusius, the hero of the story, is one.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a US Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant, and staff director for a US congressman, director of legislation and congressional relations for the US Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.
Kyle McCarley is a graduate of the University of Southern California and an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. His credits include audiobooks, video games, anime, cartoons, commercials, radio dramas, e-learning software, podcasts, voicemail auto-attendants, and even a toy plush monkey. He can be heard in television shows such as Durarara!! and Nickelodeon's Every Witch Way; games such as Unepic, Dragon Nest, Vindictus, and MapleStory; audiobooks such as the Earphones Award winner The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison and The Prince of Shadows by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine; commercials for the web, radio, and television; and much, much more.