Chimaera (Well of Echoes)

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Chimaera

Author	Ian Irvine
Cover artist	Marco Nero
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	The Well of Echoes
Genre(s)	Fantasy, Novel
Publisher	Orbit Books, Penguin Books
Publication date	2004
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	704 p. (paperback edition)
Preceded by	Scrutator
Followed by	The Song of the Tears Trilogy

Chimaera is the fourth and final book in Ian Irvine's The Well of Echoes quartet.

[edit] Official Synopsis

All resistance has been crushed. In a few minutes of overwhelming violence the Council's air-dreadnought fleet has destroyed Fiz Gorgo's defences. Xervish Flydd, Irisis and their allies have been condemned to die in a brutal aerial spectacle designed to reinforce Chief Scrutator Ghorr's power and majesty.

The only one left uncaptured is Nish, but he is trapped in a burning watchtower, and hunted by both the scrutators and his former lover, Ullii, whose twin brother he accidentally killed. Before Nish can hope to rescue his friends, he must convince Ullii to spare him, then overcome the most powerful cabal of mancers in the world as well as the Council's four hundred crack guards.

And even if he succeeds, to win the war the allies still have to defeat the scrutators and overthrow Nennifer, the corrupt Council's dread bastion, before the rampaging lyrinx overwhelm all Santhenar.