Book description
The river Irenicon was blasted through the middle of Rasenna in 1347
and now it is a permanent reminder to the feuding factions that nothing
can stand in the way of the Concordian Empire. The artificial river,
created overnight by Concordian engineers using the Wave, runs uphill.
But the Wave is both weapon and mystery; not even the Concordians know
how the river became conscious - and hostile. But times are changing.
Concordian engineer Captain Giovanni is ordered to bridge the Irenicon -
not to reunite the sundered city, but to aid Concord's mighty armies,
for the engineers have their sights set firmly on world domination and
Rasenna is in their way. Sofia Scaglieri will soon be seventeen, when
she will become Contessa of Rasenna, but her inheritance is tainted: she
can see no way of stopping the ancient culture of vendetta which divides
her city. What she can't understand is why Giovanni is trying so hard to
stop the feuding, or why he is prepared to risk his life, not just with
her people, but also with the lethal water spirits - the buio - that
infest the Irenicon. Times are changing. And only the young Contessa
and the enemy engineer Giovanni understand they have to change too, if
they are to survive the coming devastation - for Concord is about to
unleash the Wave again... 'Harte is a brilliant new voice in
historical fantasy, and this is quite simply the best piece of fantasy
that I have read so far this year' Inter Zone magazine. Aidan Harte
studied sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art and currently works as
a sculptor in Dublin. Before discovering sculpture, he worked in
animation and TV. He created and directed the TV show Skunk Fu, which
has been shown on Cartoon Network, Kids WB and the BBC. He lives in
Ireland.
