num_pages: 438
description: Crispin is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Summoned to Sarantium by imperial request, he bears a Queen's secret mission, and a talisman from an alchemist. Once in the fabled city, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, intrigues and violence, Crispin must find his own source of power in order to survive-and unexpectedly discovers it high on the scaffolding of his own greatest creation.
language: English
title: Sailing to Sarantium: Book One of "the Sarantium Mosaic"
titlecomplete: Sailing to Sarantium: Book One of "the Sarantium Mosaic"
genres: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fantasy, Canada, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 14829
series: Sarantine Mosaic
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Best Long-Form Work in English
publisher: Earthlight