This Rough Magic (Lackey, Mercedes)
Publisher: Baen
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 832
ISBN-13: 9780743471497
Subjects: Fantasy; Fantasy - Historical; Fiction - Fantasy; Venice (Italy); Fantasy fiction; Fantasy - Epic; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fantasy - General; Fiction
First sentence: Benito Valdosta, latterly a gentleman of the Case Vecchie of Venice, walked along a narrow alleyway in the most dubious part of Cannaregio, quite a long time after midnight.
Description: The demon sorcerer Chernobog, having failed in his attempt to gain power over Venice, enters into an alliance with the King of Hungary to seize control of Corfu, an island that holds the key to controlling the Adriatic.