内容简介
ThreegenerationsagoCaptainVidarianRulorat'sgreat-grandfathergaveupanimperialcommissiontomarryafirepriestess.Forlove,heunwittinglyobligatedhisdescendantstoanallegiancewiththeHighTempleofKara'zul,domainofthefirepriestesses.NowVidarian,thelastsurvivingmemberoftheRuloratfamily,strugglestoupholdhisfamily'slegacy.ThepriestessEnderahascalleduponVidariantofulfillhisfamily'sobligationbytransportingayoungfirepriestessnamedAriadeltoawatertemplefartothesouth,throughdangerouspirate-controlledterritory.Ajourneyperilousinthebestofconditionsismademoresobytheirpursuers:roguetelepathicimagescalledtheVkorthawhowillstopatnothingtorecoverAriadel,whohaswitnessedtheirforbiddenrites.Together,VidarianandAriadelwillnavigatemorethantreacherouswaters:imperialintrigue,aworldthathasbeenslowlylosingitsmagicforgenerations,secretsthatthepriestesshoodshavekeptforlonger,theindifferenceoftheirelementalgoddesses,gryphons-oncethoughtmythical-nowreturningtotheworld,andtheirownlabyrinthinefamilylegacies.
作者简介
ErinHoffmanisawriterandvideogamedesignerfromnorthernCalifornia.BorninSanDiego,shebeganwritingatayoungage,andhasdesignedvideogamesreachingmillionsofplayersforTaldrenInc,1stPlayableProductions,HumaNatureStudios,Dreamworks,andZynga.HershortfictionandpoetryhaveappearedinBeneathCeaselessSkies,ElectricVelocipede,Asimov'sScienceFiction,andelsewhere.SwordofFireandSea:TheChaosKnight,BookOneisherdebutfantasynovelfromPyrBooks.Sheisalsoanactivistfortherightsofgamedevelopers,withheressay"EA:TheHumanStory"coveredbytheNewYorkTimes,WallStreetJournal,andLATimes,andappearinginTheBestSoftwareWritingI,editedbyJoelSpolsky.SheservesontheboardoftheInternationalGameDevelopersAssociationandliveswithherhusband,anunrulydachshund,andtwocantankerousparrotsinRichmond,California.