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"For the 'Rai-kirah' books, I began with the image of Aleksander riding the great wastelands, and tha..." — Carol Berg

For the 'Rai-kirah' books, I began with the image of Aleksander riding the great wastelands, and that quickly morphed into the desert. Because I wanted my slave market cold and miserable, I chose to set the opening scene in the empire's summer capital in the mountains.
Carol Berg
Carol Berg Novelist • American
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