The Tears of Methis

Book Three of "Ars Nova Magica." When a Friendship Corps party goes missing in the Saindo Archipelago, Candle, Oceanvine and Sextant rush to the rescue. But the problems in Saindo are minor compared to the death and destruction they encounter in the Republic of Bellinen. Now the Wizard and his students face their greatest challenge in a series of life-or-death encounters. This volume also includes the novella "Freshman Orientation" wherein Apprentice Sally Candleson discovers there's no such thing as a routine first week at University. Hybrid Fantasy-Science Fiction in a Mid-20th Century millieu.