Bücher der Reihe An Escavian Chronicle

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Vesperos knew he was in for a hard life, and that it would begin before he was ready. In slavery to piracy and all that he endures, he is determined to maintain his integrity - whatever the cost. Meanwhile his best friend is in tow with a wizard desperately trying to track him down and unbeknown to them all another party seeks his life. A friend in need is a friend indeed, but does Vesperos actually need his friends?

A wizard must be found! In a world of might and magic, King Tell has almost conquered the lands in which he has already banished wizards. The simple edict to banish wizards turns into a nightmare for the king.Sir Mordrak has loyally served the king on his campaigns but is now haunted by those he's killed. Similarly affected, Tell has now commissioned him to find a wizard willing to help. ... Everything depends upon him and an apprentice wizard who would rather see him dead.Then there's Mordrak's sister for whom he has great plans, but she has ideas of her own destiny, although the world is nothing like the one she thinks it to be.Riven Calyx is a tale of battles both bloody and of the will; against evil in the face of deception and pain, intrigue and ambition.The king needs a wizard, do wizards need a king?