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Vincalis the Agitator
Holly Lisle
Vincalis the Agitator is set one thousand years before the events in the novels of The
Secret Texts series. Vincalis the Agitator is the story of a young man, Vincalis
“Wraith” Padeuay, from the wrong side of the tracks, who befriends Solander Artis
and Amaran Dolassa, children of the city's ruling wizards, the Dragons. When Wraith
and his friends learn of how the Dragons maintain their magic and city by enslaving,
brainwashing, and taxing the souls of the people, they organize public nonviolent
protests. The Dragons immediately have Wraith and his friends arrested and
imprisoned, and several of the prisoners are executed. When Wraith finally makes his
escape, he finds that his one true love, Amaran, has pledged to marry another. Feeling
lost and furious, having suffered poverty, deprivation, humiliation, and imprisonment,
Wraith recognizes within himself a compassion for humanity and a passion for
justice. He creates his alter ego, Vincalis the Agitator, who writes subversive
materials and helps found the rival wizard group, the Falcons. In the end, Vincalis and
his Falcons must defend humanity against the Dragons and the dangers that
accompany a war of wizards.



Holly Lisle has lived in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Alaska, and several other states in the
U.S. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked for ten years as an emergency
and intensive care nurse. She has also been a commercial artist, guitar teacher, and
restaurant singer, among other things. She is the author or coauthor of sixteen
previous novels.




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