The River Wall

By Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron

After a meteor explosion, Rikardon wakes in a new body and in a strange desert land named Gandalara, where he must uncover his purpose—and survive to outwit his enemies…

Tarani is the new High Lord of Eddarta, and she intends to end its tradition of slavery and corruption. But before Tarani’s rule begins in earnest, she and Rikardon have a mission to complete in Raithskar, where a mindgifted Lord known as Ferrathyn is using the Ra’ira’s powers to manipulate the ape-like vineh. The once majestic city is overrun by chaos and fear, and Ferrathyn’s ambition extends far beyond Raithskar.

But another threat is looming, different and more terrifying than any they’ve encountered before. In the wake of a major earthquake, Rikardon finally discovers the origin of his new homeland and the reason he was brought here as Ricardo Carillo many months ago. Every battle and hard-won alliance has been leading to this: a race to save a mighty civilization from destruction, and forge a new future for Gandalara…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781625670304

Randall Garrett

Randall Garrett was a prolific American science fiction and fantasy author, contributing dozens of stories to Astounding and other genre magazines in the 1950s and 1960s and acting as a mentor to a young Robert Silverberg. He is best known for his genre-bending Lord Darcy series, fair-play mysteries set in an alternate version of our world where the Plantagenet dynasty never fell and the laws of magic developed in place of the laws of physics.

Reviews for The River Wall

[jjmcgaffey · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very good. Again, this was written by Vicki Heydron writing from Randall Garrett's outlines - though she says this book was the most hers. There is a junction between this and the previous six - more of a stopping place. They _could_ have quit after Return to Eddarta - they had plenty to do as it was. But no, Rikardon remembered that he still needed to deal with the Ra'ira. And it does come to a good conclusion in this one - not an end, exactly, but everything prepared for a new beginning. And hints in the frame of the whole series that finally make sense here, and tell the reader something of what's happened after the book ends...very nice. I don't think I've ever seen one of Vicki's books under her own name - I may have to look her up.

[Anna Morales · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great series I could not stop reading i recommend reading this series. I thank the authors.