Fall of the Adversaries

Fall of the Adversaries is the final volume in the Warriors of Vhast series and brings this part of the story to an epic conclusion. In this book the Princess and her wife the mage, the Cat, the ghazi, the Bishop, and the other residents of the growing village of the Mice increase their influence over the affairs of the continent of The Land and start to have an effect at sea and on other continents as well. As they muster forces from all over, their opponents do the same. Hidden people emerge and it all culminates in mighty contests of magic and of arms. Fall of the Adversaries is a part of massive and detailed world-building project that adds science fiction to epic fantasy. It is set on a created world that is used as an experiment in the role of magic by a long-lived alien race. Unbeknown to most of those below, the Shing-zu struggle with their foe, the Daveen. Using their proxies these struggles extend into Vhast as a battle between good and evil. Here they reach a decisive conclusion.

Cary is, among many things, a former trades assistant, soldier, public servant, cab driver, truck driver, game designer, fishmonger, horticulturalist, and university tutor. He has worked for a coroner, worked a forge, and dug up potatoes. He has spent a long time in the Australian bush and even napped stone tools. He now enjoys putting what he has picked up along the way into writing books.