The Clavis (The Emperor's Library: Book Four)
Reeks: The Emperor's Library
Frederick Kirchhoff
- After
- the
- events
- of
- The
- Game,
- Jon
- and
- Sem
- traveled
- to
- Drom
- and
- brought
- back
- inventions
- that
- made
- Tarnak
- a
- wealthy
- city.
- Sem
- is
- dead,
- but,
- thanks
- to
- the
- tritargons,
- both
- Jon
- and
- Klei
- remain
- alive,
- although
- very
- old.
- Jon
- has
- become
- a
- recluse,
- refusing
- to
- see
- even
- his
- own
- servants,
- while
- Klei
- now
- lives
- with
- the
- descendants
- of
- the
- Rand
- at
- the
- Forest
- House.The
- Clavis
- is
- the
- story
- of
- Rel,
- a
- handsome,
- unrelentingly
- polite
- young
- man
- from
- a
- small
- town
- east
- of
- Tarnak.
- It
- begins
- with
- his
- arrival
- to
- work
- for
- his
- uncle
- in
- the
- city,
- where
- Billy,
- a
- gay
- co-worker,
- shows
- him
- the
- town
- and
- takes
- him
- to
- a
- remarkable
- restaurant.Sent
- on
- a
- sales
- journey
- to
- the
- Southlands,
- Rel
- encounters
- Klei,
- who
- gives
- him
- a
- letter
- to
- deliver
- to
- Jon,
- and
- this
- letter
- transforms
- his
- life.
- Jon
- insists
- upon
- seeing
- the
- messenger
- and,
- after
- a
- long
- conversation
- in
- which
- he
- explains
- the
- history
- of
- life
- on
- the
- planet,
- impulsively
- gives
- him
- a
- mysterious
- object
- (the
- clavis)
- to
- hide
- in
- his
- family’s
- orchard.Thus
- commences
- a
- chain
- of
- events
- that
- bring
- a
- violent
- end
- to
- most
- of
- Rel’s
- family
- and
- lead
- Rel
- himself
- into
- slavery.
- Eventually,
- Rel,
- Billy
- and
- Rel’s
- sister
- Kara,
- along
- with
- his
- brother
- Max,
- the
- Empress
- Ktoressa,
- and
- an
- assortment
- of
- other
- characters,
- find
- themselves
- at
- the
- ruined
- city
- of
- Kar.
- Here,
- where
- the
- fate
- of
- humanity
- hangs
- in
- the
- balance,
- the
- final,
- breathtaking,
- events
- of
- the
- novel unfold.
