
Governor Saxa, of the great city of Carce, a fantasy analog of ancient Rome, is rusticating at his villa. When Saxa's son Varus accompanies Corylus on a visit to the household of his father, Crispus, a retired military commander, Saxa graciously joins the party with his young wife Hedia, daughter Alphena, and a large entourage of his servants, making it a major social triumph for Crispus. But on t...
Series: The Books of the Elements (Book 3)
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition (September 3, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765320800
ISBN-13: 978-0765320803
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 2749344
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Monsters of the Earth (2013) is the third Fantasy novel in the Books of the Elements series, following Out of the Waters. The initial volume in this sequence is The Legions of Fire.In the previous volume, Varus was sitting in the Tribunal box over t...
he event, something goes amiss. Varus, who has been the conduit for supernatural visions before, experiences another: giant crystalline worms devouring the entire world.Soon the major characters are each involved in supernatural events caused by a struggle between two powerful magicians, both mentored by the deceased poet and mage Vergil, one of whom wants to destroy the world and the other who wishes to stop him. But which is which? There is a complex web of human and supernatural deceit to be unraveled.Monsters of the Earth, the new novel in David Drake's ongoing chronicles of Carce, The Books of the Elements, is a gripping and intricate work of fantasy.