A poor young woman rises to the heights of a crumbling empire where she must speak hard truth to power in order to save a world from chaosEverybody Wants Answers No One Wants the TruthThe Arunkel Empire has stood a thousand years forged by wealth and conquest but now rebellion is stirring on the borders and treachery brews in the palace halls Elsewhere in a remote mountain village a young mother sells the prophesies of her sister Amarta in order to keep them and her infant child from starving It&39;s a dangerous game when such revelations draw suspicion and mistrust as often as they earn coinYet Amarta&39;s visions are true And often not at all what the seeker wishes to hearNow in a tapestry of loyalty intrigue magic and gold Amarta has become the key to a ruler&39;s ambitions But is she nothing beyond a tool? As Amarta comes into her own as a seer she realizes she must do more than predict the future She must create itMeet the AuthorAuthor Sonia Orin Lyris&39;s fiction includes fantasy horror mainstream SF software documentation and business plans She has a shodan in Aikido can wield a range of weapons and dances Argentine tango and Blues She has raised an emu from a hatchling been kicked and spat on by llamas and been pounced on by a cougar cub—not all at the same time She lives in the Pacific Northwest Her web site is lyris