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The Voice from the Darkness is the first volume of a projected series about people who refuse to give in to darkness and despair. The story is set in the lands around the Middle Sea a generation after the collapse of a great empire, a cataclysmic event known as the Fall. In the aftermath of an event that destroyed many cities, killed millions, and (it seems) removed magic from the world, some people have given up hope, worshipping dark gods while they wait for the end. Others, including our characters, are determined to fight on as the world collapses around them. The key characters include: Mercutio Reliquay, the young Viscount of a city called Calyxia; his sister Bernicia; various of their friends; two soldiers, one a native of Calyxia and one from a desert land far to the south; a monkish wanderer searching for lost magic; and two young teenage girls who join a band of wandering performers.