Sailing To Sarantium

Guy Gavriel Kay is today's foremost master of high fantasy. Not since Tolkien (with whom he began his career) has an author drawn so deeply from the well of myth to create vivid new worlds for his readers. Now the bestselling author of Tigana and The Lions of Al-Rassan brings us a spectacular new historical fantasy that will delight his thousands of fans and create legions more: Sailing to Sarantium.
Crispin is a mosaicist who lives only for his craft until he receives a mysterous summons to the distant Imperial City. In this world still half-wild and tangled with magic, a journey to Sarantium means a walk into destiny.
Bearing with him a deadly secret and a Queen's seductive promise -- guarded only by his own wits and an alchemist's talisman -- Crispin sets out for the fabled city from which none returns unaltered...
Sailing to Sarantium introduces the Sarantine Mosaic, a triumphant new series that is destined to become a modern fantasy classic. > Guy Gavriel Kay started his writing career working with Christopher Tolkien to compile The Silmarillion, and went on to major acclaim for his own epic trilogy, the Fionavar Tapestry. He resides in Toronto, Canada.
The 1999 Best Novel World Fantasy Award Nominee.