title: Tears of Talent
author: Lowe, Elaine
description: A hero, Rajan Azra, battles to subdue the forces of evil. But, in victory and its aftermath, what happens to his trusted sidekicks, two lovers trapped within an epic adventure. Iona Gabal, common-born Sense, dreams of the death of her lover Lir Morgan over and over again.
  Is it prophesy or simply battle terror from fighting an evil overlord? With the help of the symbiotic nanites that give them power of Talent, Iona will save Lir’s life, by trapping him in a portrait. But will life be worth living when he can’t touch the woman he loves?