This is the second book in The Collector of Tales series. It is set in the classical world of the Xandrian City States, just about as far away from the Northern Lands in temperature and temperament as you can get. Whereas in Trellsheim, The Collector viewed the inhabitants as brutish and crude, in this world it is he who is considered the Barbarian. Following a period of recuperation at home in the Midlands, The Collector is thrown out once more by...