Dimensions
130 x 197 x 24mm
The scorpions slid and rattled on the polished bronze: they made angry runs and their quivering tails stung at each other in a maelstrom of fury. Mirany walked without raising her eyes, her feet stumbling in potholes, her whole body tense, all eyes, hands and gently tipping, balanced bowl . . .
Mirany is the new Bearer, afraid of her perilous duties for the god in the rituals of the Oracle, and fearful of her secret questioning: Does the god truly exist?
In a land dying of drought, everyone believes that the old Archon, god-on-earth, must die to bring rain. But his death thrusts Mirany into a terrifying quest - with only a mad musician and a tomb-robbing scribe for allies . . .
