The Charmed Sphere

Catherine Asaro. Luna Books, $13.95 (480pp) ISBN 978-0-373-80203-6

In Nebula Award-winner Catherine Asaro's romantic fantasy The Charmed Sphere, set in the land of Arondale, four fallible mages-outgoing young Chime, adviser to the dying King Daron; introspective Iris; Chime's fiance Lord Muller, heir to the Arondale throne; and sense-deprived Jarid-must learn to navigate the geometric web of power that rules this inviting realm. A physicist, Asaro is the current president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

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