![]() This book deserves more attention than it’s getting. RANGE OF GHOSTS is a tale rich with character, story, and setting, but never feels rushed despite its relative brevity of 300 pages. The winner of the Campbell Award for best new writer in 2005, Bear has only improved her craft. RANGE OF GHOSTS ( Amazon) is the first book in a new series by Elizabeth Bear called The Eternal Sky. ![]() The necromancer al-Sepehr is aiding Temur’s cousin to re-conquer the Khaganate, and he will do anything to win, even raise the dead to fight the living. But despite great sacrifice, there’s no guarantee that she will actually be able to wield magic at all. Samarkar, former princess and now a widow, is close to completing her training to become a wizard. But in order to avoid notice by an enemy that would kill him, he hides his identity. A grandson of the Khan, Temur is left for dead on the battlefield and miraculously survives to join the refugees fleeing the Steppes. ![]() After the Great Khan’s death his heirs fought over his empire, wiping out entire armies. ![]()
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