Inheritors of Power

Many years have passed since the Eminence Nekantor and Heir Adon seized power, and life in Pelismara has found a fragile equilibrium under Nekantor's thumb. Now the Imbati Service Academy suspects that Xinta, Manservant to the Eminence, may have taken control of Nekantor for his own sinister purposes, endangering what peace still remains. Imbati Catin, an Academy prodigy, vows service to Adon, balancing two core purposes -- to advance her Master's designs on power, and to determine the full extent of Xinta's influence.