Dec 17, 2009
Within a frame narrative in which three men dream the same dream, the story is told of Rodvard Bergelin, a minor functionary in the government of Dossola who is also a member of a subversive organization called the Sons of the New Day. Rodvard is commissioned by the leaders of this organization to seduce Lalette Asterhax, the descendant of a line of witches whose hereditary magic—embodied in the eponymous gem—is transferable to their male lovers. He reluctantly agrees, but he mishandles the task; he succeeds only because Lalette wants to avoid an alternative...
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