Point of Hopes (Hardcover) by Melissa Scott, Lisa A Barnett

9780312858445. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 384. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. A new fantasy, set in a world of necromancy and astromancy, gunpowder and swordplay, from the authors of The Armor of Light. During the annual Fair in the city of Astreion, someone is stealing children. As a major astrological conjunction approaches, heralding the advent of a new monarch, Astreion's denizens wonder if they will see their children again.