Lords of Rainbow


Imagine a world without color, illuminated by a gray sun...

An unrequited love...
War... mystery... exultation...

An epic fantasy of unspeakable wonder...

LORDS OF RAINBOW

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005WZZGUM/?tag=veranazariafantaA

Imagine a sudden brilliant flash -- an artificial orb ignites, filled with peculiar impossible light...

The nature of this light bears no description. It lingers in dreams, inciting an unrequited love for a goddess.

A corrupt city is shaped like a perfect wheel, and is ruled by a sister and brother, Regent and Regentrix, by perverse desires, and by a secret...

A loyal warrior woman swears to serve a mysterious lord. At the same time, an epic invasion is precipitated by a being of utter darkness, who is the one absolute source of black in a monochrome silver world.

And amid all this, flickers an ancient memory of a phenomenon called Rainbow and of those who had once filled the world with an impossible thing called color...

Lords of Rainbow.

"Vividly described in rich prose that entrances like a magic spell, Lords of Rainbow will resonate with readers like the stories of childhood. It is not only prefaced with a lovely and accessible poem, it also reads like poetry. Thus, when taken as fable, there is much in this book to love. For in the end, we find a twisted Cinderella tale where an ugly, common girl can be elevated by noble spirit, and a city can be transformed by magic."

— Stephanie Dray, Strange Horizons

Full review here:

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20031027/rainbow.shtml