The year is 1347. A young priestess is made the head of her Order, just in time to discover that there is a shadowy group of people out to kill her goddess--and all the other gods. She has much to do to stop them, and very little time to do it in, as the Black Death begins to spread...
First draft is complete, though it will be mostly rewritten in 2006. Starred chapters are passworded; to view them, friend the Midnight Mare Livejournal or join the notify list.
- Prelude: The Great Mortality
- Chapter One: Executions
- Interlude: Letters, Part One
- Chapter Two: Echoes
- Interlude: The Naming
- Chapter Three: Alliances
- Interlude: Letters, Part Two
- Chapter Four: Sacrifices
- Interlude: In Temple of White Stone
- Chapter Five: Ceremonies
- Interlude: With One Wing Beating
- *Chapter Six: Recoveries
- *Interlude: Letters, Part Three
- *Chapter Seven: Hauntings
- *Chapter Eight: Descents
- *Chapter Nine: Treacheries
- *Interlude: Cold Winter Coming
- *Chapter Ten: Visitations
- *Interlude: From the Letters of Melandrit
- *Chapter Eleven: Gatherings
- *Interlude: Letters, Part Four
- *Chapter Twelve: Secrets
- *Interlude: Daughter of the Nile
- *Chapter Thirteen: Releases
- *Chapter Fourteen: Plans
- *Chapter Fifteen: Passages
- *Chapter Sixteen: Chrysalis
- *Chapter Seventeen: Defeats
- *Epilogue: Blessed Beyond Mortal Ken
(Keep in mind, as you read, that this is a "first and a half" draft. I am my own editor at this point, and I'm more concerned about getting through the story than polishing it.)


