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Heirs of Alexandria · Book 2

This Rough Magic

by Dave Freer, Eric Flint and Mercedes Lackey

Published
1 January 2003
Pages
832
ISBN-13
9780743471497
Type
novel

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About this book

This Rough Magic (2003), the longest of the six at 832 pages, shifts the same three-author team -- Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer -- from Venice to the besieged island of Corfu, where similar political and magical forces threaten a fragile alliance.

Its place in Heirs of Alexandria

This Rough Magic is book 2 in the Heirs of Alexandria series. It follows The Shadow of the Lion. It is followed by A Mankind Witch. See the full Heirs of Alexandria reading order.

Co-created by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer, this alternate-history fantasy series reimagines the 16th century in a world where the ancient Library of Alexandria was never destroyed, Byzantium never fell, and the Church wages open magical war against a demon-worshipping Venice. The Shadow of the Lion follows a young Venetian nobleman, an exiled Emperor's heir, and a canal-dwelling thief-turned-hero as political and magical conspiracies converge on the city; This Rough Magic shifts to the besieged…

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