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Sign for the Sacred
Storm Constantine
Stark House Press, 1/2002
ISBN:0966784839
Lucien is a vibrancer of the Church of Ixmarity, dedicated since childhood to an enslaved life
of religious dance. . . until he meets Jeopardy. Cleo is a child-bride of a poisoner, until one of
Jeopardy's offspring is brought to her home for disposal and she falls in love with both the
child and his father. . . Jeopardy. Delilah is orphaned when a berserker named Trajan attacks
and kills everyone in her village. She is the only one who is immune to the plague that Trajan
carries, and promises to watch over him as he returns to the sanctuary. . . of Jeopardy.
Dauntless Javelot is a chivalrous knight of Ixmarity on his last campaign. . . until he joins Cleo
on her journey to seek Jeopardy. Lord Pliance is a courtly vampire who accompanies the
pilgrims in the hopes for a cure. . . from Jeopardy. And as they all seek the elusive Jeopardy,
they are haunted by a ruthless adversary. Wilfish Implexion is an ecclesiarch in the Church of
Ixmarity. Threatened by the power of the pagan Jeopardites, he will use any means possible to
kill their prophet. . . Jeopardy!
And what of Resenence Jeopardy himself? Is he all that he seems? What is the secret of his
charismatic power. . . and what will he decide to do with it?
This is the first U.S. edition of Sign for the Sacred, and includes a new introduction by the
author. Also included is the original first draft of the beginning of the novel, when it was called
"Prophet Dancer," as well as the first four chapters of an aborted sequel titled "Death by
Sweetness."
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