Point of Dreams
In the alternate Renaissance world ofPoint of Dreams, the dead  return with the ghost-tide to haunt the living, and when a ghost fails to  appear, it may mean the person was murdered. Though a dead judge's ghost is  missing, the regents of the city of Astreiant forbid Pointsman Nicolas Rathe to  investigate. And that's not the detective's only problem. His suddenly homeless  partner is moving in with him. The city is in a frenzy over a popular play, "The  Drowned Island," and the dangerous spell book it has popularized. His assigned  case, an actor's murder, appears unsolvable--the actor drowned in a theater in  which there is no water. And another body has just been found in the theater.Point of Dreamsis an accomplished and entertaining fantasy mystery,  written with the same rigor as the best nonmagical mysteries. SincePoint of  Dreamsis the sequel toThe  Armor of LightandPoint  of Hopes, its early pages may be tough going for some readers unfamiliar  with the previous novels, but all readers will find themselves captivated by the  novel and unwilling to put it down before they reach the end.Melissa Scott received the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer and has  twice won the Lambda Literary Award for best science fiction novel.--Cynthia  Ward--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.