"Exciting, complex and richly textured, with a world you'll believe and a protagonist you have to cheer for -- Silky is wonderful." Holly Lisle (Quote from original 1998 Embiid Publishing release.)

Captured as a child and sold into heartless slavery has robbed Silky of his magical abilities and left him with no expectations of a better life -- until his own act of bravery delivers him into the hands of a powerful Lord of the Land.

His troubles are far from over, however, since Lord Reed is out of favor with the King, and danger threatens at any mischance. Working with Lord Reed starts him along a path that will lead to power, danger and heartbreak, and a future the young slave boy could never have imagined.

Lazette Gifford lives in Nebraska with her husband, several cats, and a useless dog. She usually produces at least half a dozen new novels and twice as many short stories a year. So be prepared. There's no telling where the stories might turn up if they escape. (Or maybe that's the cats....)

Zette's published work includes two chapbooks (Honor Bound and Star Bound) and an upcoming Double Dog publication from Yard Dog Press called Farstep Station. Her story, "Between a Rock and a God's Place", appeared in the Issue #21 of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and she's had numerous stories published in ezines, and small press anthologies. Her novels include The Dark Staff series and The Singer and St. Jude Series from Double Dragon Publishing, Silky from Embiid Publishing, and the upcoming Mirrors from Zumaya Press.

Lazette is the owner of Forward Motion, a writers' community, and the editor for Vision: A Resource for Writers, now in its sixth year of production. She is the Associate Publisher for Dragon Tooth Fantasy, an imprint of Double Dragon Publishing.

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