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When Anna Marshall is transported from her boring and frustrating life in Ames, Iowa, to the very different world of Erde, she's angry and confused. But she soon finds out that for the first time in her life she's uniquely powerful. In Iowa, Anna was a music teacher and small time opera singer, but on Erde, her musical ability makes her a big time sorceress, potentially. First, though she must figure out how to use her ability before the rulers kill...

Still recovering from injuries received in foiling the plots of the Ferran envoy, Rhenn is preparing to take up his new duties as imager liaison to the Civic Patrol of L'Excelsis. However, the Civic Patrol, unhappy with Rhenn's appointment, tasks him with patrolling the streets of the worst district in the city. And to make matters worse, Rhenn receives notice that one of the High Holders has declared his intention to destroy him and his family.