Wings of Power
Book 4 in the Sabazel Series

June 2002
Fictionwise.com
ISBN B-000-096B5-9

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In a world rooted in Mediterranean, Persian, and Indian history and mythology, armies clash, magicks compete, and the gods set their pawns onto the gameboard. Gard is only too aware that the blood of both gods and demons runs in his veins. When he steps over the line once too often, he is sent into exile, where a mad monk and a beautiful slave force him to accept his latent magical abilities. But when Gard sets out to exploit his skills in the rich valley of the Mohan, he accidentally starts a war that changes his world and that of his hosts forever.

Reviews

"...an intense tale...a complex and fascinating plot...resonances between adolescent lust and mature love, between interior and exterior beauty, and between faith and skepticism underlie the story with a steely webwork of reality...an elegant thread of eroticism woven with delicacy and wit through the story...the prose is crafted with a jeweler's precision and the use of imagery is masterful. Carl may well be the finest stylist working in fantasy today." --Ardath Mayhar, Thrust

"An interesting re-telling of an old legend. The ending is full of twists, unpredictable." --Timothy Lane

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Excerpt

Note: In this book I've gotten a long way from the original two characters of Sabazel--Gard is the third generation. About halfway through Wings of Power you'll catch the myth that inspired it, a simple little story about a war between the Greeks and the Trojans....