Children of Earth and Sky

by Guy Gavriel Kay Book 3 in the Children of Earth and Sky series.

First published 2016

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From the raiding town of Senjan, Danica Gradek seeks vengeance for the destruction of her family. In the merchant republic of Seressa, the young painter Pero Villani is sent east to portray the Grand Khalif, while Leonora Valeri travels under an assumed identity as part of a covert mission. Their ship is commanded by Marin Djivo, the younger son of a Dubrava trading family who is uncertain whether commerce and family duty are the life he wants.

Farther east, Damaz is trained for the khalif’s elite infantry as war gathers around the borderlands between faiths and empires. The travellers’ paths intersect through piracy, diplomacy, espionage and art, and each must act without knowing how widely the consequences will spread. Inspired by Venice, Dubrovnik, the Uskok frontier and Ottoman expansion after Constantinople, the novel follows people without formal power whose choices nevertheless alter the course of kingdoms.