The Oracle — Hugh Cook

"WARS WERE NOT AS LIVELY AS STORYTELLERS PRETENDED..."

Yen Olass could read dreams and tell the future. Even as chaos reigned in the city of Gendormargensis, the oracle's talent served her well. Indeed, as the city fell to battling warlords and imperial treachery, Yen Olass escaped by riding with Lord Alagrace as he led the invasion of distant Argan. The supreme commander, ordered to capture Castle Vaunting, hoped that the oracle's powers would ensure victory. As for Yen Olass, she found the perils of Argan vastly overrated; war, she thought, was a bore. But then she was unaware that three wizards had just arrived at Castle Vaunting on a magical mission. Nor could she divine that such wizardly warfare would soon have her contending with real monsters, a flaming moat, a healthy mud fight, and a peculiar enchantment...not to mention the teary expectant mistress of a Rovac warrior. And that was just the beginning!