2nd Trilogy: The Search for Black Alice
You know little of Great Mbo , my homeland, and that is not surprising, for no foreigners are permitted there. The Empire has been closed to outsiders for a thousand years, by decree of The God-King , saving the trade city of Bawaaba where outsiders are tightly controlled . Know now that b eyond these Thousand Isles , far to the west is a vast continent of desert and jungle, watered by giant rivers. Cradle of an ancient civilization, and home to mighty pyramid cities, powerful gods, and ancient magics. This land, which we call Great Mbo or The Land of Seven Rivers, is vast beyond comprehension. Even if dry land ran from The Northern Reach to the Southern, Great Mbo would still encompass that land and call it a province. The lector-priests claim 5000 leagues span from the eastern borders of the Empire, to the far western, and no man knows the distance from the northern coast to the undiscovered southern sea, save it must...