Points of departure
Subtitle: Liavek stories
By: Patricia C. Wrede & Pamela Dean
Contributors: Dean, Pamela, 1953- author
Edition: First Diversion Books edition.
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781626815551
Subjects: Imaginary places; Magic; Fiction
Description: "Liavek is a hot, busy trade city, situated on the southern shore of the Sea of Luck at the mouth of the Cat River. In Liavek, magic is based on one's 'birth luck' and the length of time one's mother was in labor. Everyone has luck, but using it is another matter. Luck, or magic, must be invested annually in some object outside oneself; only then can it be used to power spells. And investing one's magic is difficult and dangerous. Prospective magicians who fail find their magic draining away, and with it, their life."--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Rikiki and the wizard : a S'Rian folktale --; title: Liavek, year 3317.; title: Ancient curses --; title: The green cat --; title: Liavek, year 3318.; title: Of fish and fools --; title: Two houses in Saltigos --; title: Liavek, year 3319.; title: Paint the meadows with delight --; title: Shards --; title: Liavek, year 3320.; title: The last part of the tragical history of Acrilat --; title: Mad god --; title: Liavek, festival week, 3320-21.; title: A necessary end --; title: The Levar's night out.