EXILES: THE MAGEBORN TRAITOR
Melanie Rawn
DAW Books, 1998
ISBN:0-88677-731-3 (paperback)
With The Ruins of Ambrai, the first volume of her brilliant new fantasy epic, EXILE,
Melanie Rawn introduced the world of Lenfell - pristine untouched, a perfect refuge for the
Mageborn, whose powers were perceived as a threat by people not gifted with magic. But the
greater the magic, the greater the peril - and Lenfell was soon devastated by a war between rival
Mageborn factions that polluted land, sea, and air with Wild Magic and unleashed the hideous
specters known as Wraithenbeasts.
Generations after that terrible war, the rivalry between the Mage Guardians and the
Lords of Malerris sparked off yet another terrifying conflict, a power struggle that nearly
succeeded in destroying the Mage Guardians and giving the Malerrisi all they desired. But
unbeknownst to the First Lord of the Malerrisi, there were those among her enemies who had
foreseen her tactics and had worked for generations to ensure the survival of both the Mage
Guardians and the people of Lenfell.
Now the lines have been clearly drawn, leaving one of Lenfell's most powerful families divided
against itself, with Glenin, former First Daughter of Ambrai, plotting the ruin of her sisters, Sarra,
Councilor of Sheve, and Cailet, the new Mage Captal, even as the Malerrisi - under Glenin's
leadership - once again begin weaving a web with which t entangle their entire world.
For though the Lords of Malerrisi seem to remain in self-imposed exile within their castle
stronghold, this is merely an illusion created to conceal a campaign of conquest that could see
Landfell fall permanently under their rule - politically, economically, and magically.
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And even as Cailet's dreams of a restored Mage Hall become a reality, and Sarra's legal reforms
offer the hope of greater prosperity and equality for all people, Glenin prepares to strike at the
very heart of both her sisters' power. All it will take is the betrayal of Ambrai's most closely
guarded family secret, and the right traitor planted in the heart of Cailet's haven - a traitor trained
to be the nemesis of all Mage Guardians; Glenin's perfect tool of destruction and most loyal
follower, her own son....
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