Heresy

Submerging readers deep in the storm-wracked waterworld of Aquasilva, extraordinary first-time novelist Anselm Audley has crafted a fiercely intelligent, lightning-paced, & ambitiously sprawling fantasy saga that mines the contrary natures of evil & good, fire & water, stasis & change. A richly dramatic evocation of an epic struggle that often bears pointed comparison to our own real-life culture wars, this exciting first volume of Audley's Heresy opus marks the arrival of a prodigiously talented author. Amid the perpetually raging storms plaguing Aquasilva's hydro-atmosphere, the powerful court of the Domain, holder of the world's supreme seat of religious power, maintains an obsessive dedication to the element Fire. But that must change. One of the primary, if unwilling, agents of change is young Cathan, son of a count, who travels to inform his father of the crucial discovery of a cache of iron in their territory. But en route to the clan congress where his father awaits, Cathan unwittingly stumbles upon a Domain-engineered plot to unleash a new age of fundamentalism. All across the world, change is being fought & ruthlessly suppressed by the Domain & its ferocious holy warriors, the Sacri. As Cathan works to forge a worthy weapon to fight back, he begins to understand the daunting scope of what lies ahead in this long & deadly struggle for liberation.Audley, Anselm is the author of 'Heresy' with ISBN 9780743427388 and ISBN 0743427386.