by James M. Wright (Author)

Corax, Master Logician and investigating philosopher, travels far over land and sea to intervene in the trial of a woman. She's a bard of uncommon skill, celebrated across the known world, but that means nothing to the fanatic monks who hold her imprisoned on their remote island. They've deemed her seductions and heresies a corrupting influence; she must pay for her transgressions. The desperate Corax finds unexpected allies, members of a shadowy organization called The Kraken Imaginary. They conspire to release the bard from her stone cell and escape together. The bard waits, impatient, composing satires. She expects nothing less than rescue, but she has a mission to complete; she must see the fabled kraken in the flesh. Does it lurk within a sea-filled grotto under the island, as the bard believes? A trans-species communion is worth the risk of descent, she thinks. But the kraken is not a creature of trifles, not a monster to arouse without consequence. What follows is an epic tale, as a warrior and a lapsed monk join Corax to journey across a continent, fending off stone giants, pirates, the manipulations of gods, and the perils of war. Their quest for belonging in an unjust world takes them into the bowels of the earth where darkness and chaos reveal wondrous secrets. They are driven in pursuit of elusive dreams, dedicated to fealties they barely understand. Despite their doubts, there is no course but onward into realms of mystery and magic. Will they find identity, love, or even friendship? Or will they perish, done in by the violence of the world? Melding myth and philosophy, Wright's thrilling novel accompanies the eccentric triad as they venture into the tentacular unknown.

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