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MOONS? DANCING

Dael walked along the perimeter of their camp, greeting each sentry he met, then
moving on. A hundred yards away he could see shadows passing in front of other
campfires. Everything as it should be. The Sitrinian guard was as well trained and
disciplined as his own. As well muscled too, he added with a reminiscent smirk for
Janakol? s earlier observation. They never did anything without good reason. By the
Rock, what kind of diversion was this?
Diversion. Damon thought it had something to do with Chasa, but Dael didn? t
believe that. None of his scouts had reported any sign of activity along the border for
nine days. There were easier ways of sneaking into Rhenlan. Easier, and far less
attention-getting, than the King of Sitrine staging a festival for their benefit.
It was a festival, wasn? t it? A show of strength? No. Not a sword drawn or arrow
loosed since the confrontation, if that was what it could be called, began. Not a
distraction, at least not of any kind that Dael understood. The Sitrinian guards had only
succeeded in drawing more of Dael's people to the border than would normally patrol
here. There had been no sign of troop movement anywhere else, either, so it wasn? t
an attempt to force Rhenlan to spread its patrols too thinly.
Dael stopped walking and glared across the darkness at the other camp. If this is
Chasa? s idea of a summer holiday, I? m going to throttle that boy. All they? ve done is
attract our attention. Why would anyone want to do that?




MOONS? DANCING

In a world under three moons, in the courts and villages of three kingdoms, the fates of
the Dreamers are at stake. Only Dreamers can bend the power of the gods and perform
the magic that holds chaos at bay. The Dreamers are always few in number, born of rare
unions between ruling Shapers and peasant Keepers. The Shapers no longer believe in
magic. The practical Keepers no longer see any need for it.
The Dreamers need to find Shapers and Keepers who will love each other, but love
between the rulers and the ruled is harder and harder to come by. While the Dreamers
battle against extinction with the help of only King Sene of Sitrine, the rest of the world is
plunged into power struggles and turmoil. The death of a princess sends another, Vray of
Rhenlan into exile, results in the murder of the queen of Dherrica, and plants the seeds of
revolution in Jordy the carter and Dael, captain of the royal guard of Rhenlan. If the world
no longer needs Dreamers, they think, why do we need Shapers, either? If the world no
longer needs Dreamers, Prince Damon of Rhenlan thinks, why bother with tradition and
the vows that keep a man from obtaining all the power he can?
The rare and tender love so necessary for the birth of Dreamers does manage to
blossom between a few couples amid the conflict, but are these small sparks enough to
hold back the darkness of war and waiting chaos?


In the second and final volume of The Children of the Rock, the lives and paths of all
the characters from Moons? Dreaming (Volume 1); Damon, Vray, Palle and Pirse, Jeyn