The Game and the Board
Florian Armas
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· 1 ratings · 411 pages · Published: 17 Dec 2021
For centuries, the Republic and the Empire have been at war over the Middle Kingdom. They call it a Game. On both sides, the battles are led by the Rainbow Wizards, each color a symbol of a special talent.
The Game, the powerful boards with a mind of their own, and the figures are the link between the wizards and the magic roots of the land. Like a Phoenix, the sentient boards burn and are born again each time a King is killed in battle. But this time everything went wrong, and the last time a new board failed to materialize, a whole continent disappeared in a violent cataclysm.
Raiden’s father and Vivani’s husband were killed in the last battle against the old tyrant King. An untried young man and a mother of two, they must fight their own battles now, just to survive. Raiden could have been a Rainbow Wizard, but there was an ancient power in him, little understood and much feared by the wizards. Guided by Vivani to become a Sword-dancer, Raiden must make his own way in the world as the Rainbow Wizards are determined to kill him. His journey goes along a path filled with conspiracy, revenge, magic and death. Securing his place will not be easy. Preventing the total destruction of the Middle Kingdom will be even harder.
Enter in a dark ancient story, one that has become a legend in a world filled with dangers, lurking in the shadows, in the light, and in the colors.
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