Before the Storm — A.E. Mableson

The dark wizard Gault threatens to sink Island World into a storm of war. The struggles to find the Star of Torne strain a fragile society still recovering from Gwaum's dominance. Zerena, sold into slavery and rescued by Keera, resolves to end the strife. She founds the Order of Solaun to tame men's passion for violence with sex and persuasion. She discovers the secret magic of immortality. Gault, son of Paarth and Vella, uses his cunning and magic to discover Zerena's secrets. Then he strives to use them to satisfy his own lust for power. Before the Storm is the third novel in the epic fantasy adventure series, Myths and Legends of Island World: Chronicles of an Enchanted Land. The novel Before the Storm contains the four fantasy tales, Restoration, Zerena, The Order of Solaun and Gault. These four stories bind together to tell the story of the enchanted land of Island World before the rise of the great wizard Tarque. The struggles of the two wizards as Tarque tries to stop Gault's crystal magic still populate the legends of Island World. A. E. Mableson created a wonderful imaginary enchanted world of wizards and magic in this epic fantasy series.