Point of Hopes: Astreiant Book 1 – Lisa A. Barnett, Melissa Scott Free Audiobook

Written by Lisa A. Barnett, Melissa Scott
Read by Matt Leisy
Format: M4B
Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins

Nicolas Rathe is a pointsman, a dedicated watchman in the great city of Astreiant. During the annual trade fair, with a city filled with travelers and merchants, someone is stealing children. The populace is getting angry and frightened and convinced that a foreigner must be to blame. Rathe calls on the aid of both an out-of-work soldier, the handsome Philip Eslingen, and the necromancer Istre b’Estorr.

The art of astrology is a very real power in the kingdom and plays as much a role in politics as greed and intrigue. Rathe finds himself struggling to find the children before a major astrological event brings about catastrophe.

The first in a series of fantasy novels filled with adventure, intrigue, and gay romance.

©1995, 2012 Melissa Scott (P)2015 Melissa Scott
Critic Reviews
“Set in an alternative Middle Ages…this novel offers intriguing looks at guild interrelationships, the uses of hand-cranked printing presses and medieval attitudes toward magic. It also offers considerable delight to those who enjoy intellectual puzzles of the fantastic kind.” ( Publishers Weekly)