Obsidian Ridge (novel)

Obsidian Ridge by Jess Lebow is the second book in the The Citadels series.
==Synopsis==
===The Year of the Leaping Frog===
Somewhere over Calimshan in , a princess is taken before Arch Magus Xeries, master of Obsidian Ridge, He offers her whatever she desires if she will stay with him.
===The Year of the Staff===
One hundred years later in the city of Llorbauth, capital of Erlkazar, a figure known as the Claw assassinates a man named Jallal Tasca—who was planning to assassinate King Korox Morkann—and takes his brother Pello Tasca prisoner. Both men were also involved in the illicit trade of the magical drug Elixir. Pello is brought before the king, and the Claw tells the king that he will continue investigating.
The next morning, the king summons his daughter back to the throne room. When Mariko is gone, her handmaiden, Genevie, snoops through her things. Pello is sentenced to life imprisonment in the Cellar.
That night, the princess and the Claw have a clandestine meeting in the palace courtyard. The princess is secretly followed by a mysterious figure. All three are, in turn, observed my another enigmatic man in a wide-brimmed hat. This latter man follows the princess and the other figure into the city, where the figure loses track of the princess's movements and returns to a building in the docks.
==Index==
===Characters===
===Classes===
===Creatures===
===Deities===
===Items===
===Locations===
===Miscellaneous===
===Organizations===
===Spells===
===Weapons===
==Errata==
* The "Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue" booklet of the Lands of Intrigue boxed set claims that King Valon Morkann died in . However, the novel is set in that same year, in the Spring, and states that Valon had died in the previous year.
==Appendix==
===Gallery===
Obsidian Ridge - Llorbauth.png|The map of Llorbauth from Obsidian Ridge.
===References===
Category:Novels
Category:Works by Jess Lebow
Category:Published in 2008