It is about Horth Nersal, who, as a language-impaired child, learns to compensate for his shortcomings with an inborn "talent" ... which turns out not to be only useful in achieving his personal conquests but also for settling family disagreements - often with fatal results. In Horth_s world, bio-engineered humans (Sevolites) dominate the rest of humanity in a curiously neo-feudal... (read more)