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"Superb sword and sorcery"

The Imperial Empire had become complacent and hedonistic so it wasn't very difficult for the Khaevs to conquer and occupy the Imperials. Far away in the desert, a caravan is attacked by Corvus dressed all in black who kills everyone except Veil and that was because she was hidden under a dead woman's body. Having been sold into slavery by her father, Veil has no place to go except with Corvus who grudgingly accepts her company.

Corvus is a man on a mission, an annesiac who wants to find out who he is. The duo travels out of the desert to Corsa where he takes his sword to an expert to find out the providence. It belonged to a person also named Corvus two hundred years ago who was the First of the two Hundred best Khaev swordsmen. Veil and Corvus are of interest to the spirits Sybian and Saya who arrange mortals both Imperial and Khaev like chess pieces until they can exploit them.

It is hard to believe that this is Django Wexter's debut novel because it is as well written and character driven as a Terry Brooks or Robert Jordan novel. Veil humanizes Corvus through her force of her personality changing him from an obsessed individual be a man who cares about others. The Imperials and the Khaevs are reminiscent of the Romans. Sword and sorcery fans will find MEMORIES OF EMPIRE a very enjoyable one sitting reading experience.

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 16, 2005

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 25, 2007

Veil thought her life had ended the day her father sold her to a passing slaver. When the slaver's caravan is butchered by a lone attacker, her only chance for survival is to forge an unlikely friendship with the mercenary, Corvus. Beset on all sides by pursuing demons, she wonders if death wouldn't have been preferable.

Unbeknownst to Veil, Corvus, an apparently invincible fighter, is searching for a clue to his past. Cutting a bloody swath across the Empire, now humbled by the Khaev invasion, he seeks only to know who he is.

On the other side of the continent, Kei and her partner reluctantly join a mission to hunt down a rogue sorcerer. The mission is led by an eccentric noble with a penchant for getting everyone around her killed. Kei's misgivings only increase when she's introduced to their erstwhile ally, the shadow spirit Jyo-raku. But she is duty bound to obey her commander.

Different lives; different paths. Each seeking destiny. None knowing they are merely the pawns of ancient spirits, players in a deadly game that will ultimately bring them together for the greatest prize of all.