Solae Inheritor: a conjectural history

by Lewis MacLeod

The Union of Eriss has grown and consolidated for more than a hundred years since its founding in the famine-depleted High Plains of the continent. To the east, an implacable enemy the Atlan Empire, warlike, aggressive, greedy for land, for power and for slaves. The Union is vigorous and vital, but not without its one-third of its population are Ults, restless descendants of a conquered race of one-time wildland brigands and marauders on whom the veneer of Erissard civilization lies thin and uneasy. It is the special task of the House of Eriss, descendants of Old Salin lineage, to defend the Union. But the family's elder, the Domin Therisam, is aged, weak and vacillating. It is good fortune that his eldest son and proxy Jericharek is a man of fierce determination, although his character is flawed by the hateful evil of bigotry directed toward the Ultish populace. Jeri's younger brother Mairhos, although not born into leadership, has a gentler spirit and a keen sense of duty and honor. He heeds the call to serve his nation in less-celebrated ways. But another call also rises in his the impassioned love of a girl from the poorer classes of Pikemond City. Karil Feros is innocent, beautiful, skilled, fearless, and kind of heart, but, may the Sacred Solae pity Mairhos, Karil is one thing more. Karil is Ult.

436 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

About the Author:
Lewis MacLeod has lived a multifaceted life as an outdoorsman, natural resource specialist, military intelligence analyst, computer software engineer, educator and author. His interests in societal diversity and folkways are insatiable, and have led him to attempt mastery of a diversity of global languages, including such challenging tongues as Irish Gaelic, Arabic, and Hawaiian. His current residence is in the beautiful State of Oregon.