A CITY . . . Amberlight, the ruler of the Riverworld. A MYSTERY . . . Qherrique, the foundation of Amberlight's wealth. Amberlight's unique possession, whose mother-lodes keep Riverworld rulers on their thrones. AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE AFFAIR . . . She leads the most powerful House in Amberlight. He's an amnesiac mugging victim, found bleeding to death on the street. So why should it matter, if he dies? What he's forgotten could be the city's deadliest danger. What he shows her changes her life. What she means to him changes his own life. But intrigue and insurrection and brutal warfare threaten any future for their love. "Amberlight is peopled with vivid characters that stormed up off the page into permanent residence in my mind and memory, in a unique world, and driving an original plot. If some writers' prose sings, Kelso's is an opera." Lois McMaster Bujold, Author of Paladin of Souls "Sumptuous, sensuous, and passionate, Amberlight is completely delightful. Sylvia Kelso is a master of world-building, beautiful prose, and sheer romance." Delia Sherman, co-author of The Fall of the Kings