Romantic Times Bookclub, July 2003
Rosemary Edghill's decadent, opulent VENGEANCE OF MASKS (4 stars) perfectly conveys a chaotic world, intriguing characters, and surprising plot twists.

Book Description
For a thousand years the Eidolon Empire has commanded all: humans, demi-humans, beastmen, and themselves. In courts of honor and debauchery they hone their manners and their daggers. They rule with a cruelty that is made more cruel by their capriciousness. For a thousand years the demon Malvisage, the Suffering Servant, has lain chained, controlled by the Mindmask of Thrones. For a thousand years, Malvisage has waited. Tonight all that will change. Tonight the godborn will become the prey of mortals. Tonight the exquisite City of Contradance will become the City of Tombs. Malvisage commands the night, and the night is spreading to cover all the lands. Childeric, the Child of Night, Prince of the Starlight Gates, born to be Emperor, will become the ruler of desolation. Wine, blood, and poison are one. Malvisage controls all. Except Childeric. Except the human woman bound to Childeric by ties that he cannot suspect, even in nightmare...

From the Publisher
If the Marquis de Sade had written with Lord Dunsany's pen, he might have scripted the saga of Childeric the Shatterer, last Emperor of the Eidoloni.

About the Author
Rosemary Edghill is the author of the Bast mysteries (SPEAK DAGGERS TO HER, BOOK OF MOONS, THE BOWL OF NIGHT), fantasy and science fiction (including the Twelve Treasures series), and romances (including MET BY MOONLIGHT and FLEETING FANCY). She has collaborated on best-selling novels with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Lackey, and Andre Norton.