Knots & Anchors

Knots and Anchors
syaffolee

Wray of Despina wants revenge. The House of the Black Cockatrice killed his father, disgraced his mother, and crushed all chance that he could become the next Seer. He would do anything to destroy this House for the wreck it has made of his life, even if it means enduring dangers from beyond the known multiverses.  Mad Dita is the descendant of a long line knot finders and knot jumpers, cartographers and navigators bred by the technologically advanced Ancients to travel the byways that tether cities in different parallel universes. But after a violent altercation with her former employer leaves her awaiting trial for murder, she has no choice but to accept Wray's offer to drop the murder charges and to use her skills to aid his quest for vengeance.

The key to Wray's plans is a book left behind by the Ancients that purportedly explains how the tethers between cities were made, maintained, and destroyed. As Wray and Dita jump from city to city on the trail of this book, they discover they have a far bigger problem. Ever since the Ancients disappeared several centuries ago, the tethers have been mysteriously deteriorating and snapping. Even if Wray succeeds in breaking the House of the Black Cockatrice, they may never be able to go home again.

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