Black Stream

Black Stream is the second book in Sarah K. Balstrup's visionary Velspar - Elegies series.In the days of the Purge the tides of death swallowed all that was holy, but now Velspar is on the verge of revival.Sybilla Ladain survived her judgement and is now caught between her duty as Skalen and her growing entanglement with the rebels she once considered her enemies. Voirrey takes Sybilla to a little village in the mountains where they plan to start a religious community based on the old rites. In Avishae, Intercessor Maeryn is working with the Elshenders to do the same. But with the rise of the Guard and its factions, traditional seats of power cease to hold their value. The revival depends upon the will of the Skalens but without the Guard at their side, no Skalen is safe.