Shards of Time — Lynn Flewelling

Acclaimed author Lynn Flewelling brings her beloved Nightrunners series to a close -- at least for now -- with a thrilling novel of murder, mystery, and magic.

The governor of the sacred island of Korous and his mistress have been killed inside a locked and guarded room. The sole witnesses to the crime -- guards who broke down the doors, hearing the screams from within -- have gone mad with terror, babbling about ghosts . . . and things worse than ghosts.

Dispatched to Korous by the queen, master spies Alec and Seregil find all the excitement and danger they could want -- and more. For an ancient evil has been awakened there, a great power that will not rest until it has escaped its otherworldly prison and taken revenge on all that lives. And only those like Alec -- who have died and returned to life -- can step between the worlds and confront the killer . . . even if it means a second and all too permanent death.