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throughout history, an elemental force roams the world bringing death and destruction. upon seeing her, man and women willingly bring down their societies for just a few moments with her body. she exists only to destroy and legends precede her appearances. she's as evil as she is innocent, as retiring as she is seductive, and as beautiful as she is terrifying. she is ...maya.
here is a tragic destiny: even she is powerless to stop the destruction that she brings. not a demoness. not a which. she is far more powerful than either. she is a force of nature who possesses a horrible sexual talent to utterly destroy everything she comes in contact with. many have tried to if not stop her at least slow her down and escape, but how does one slow a hurricane or earthquake? and maya is more powerful than either... and more seductive than anyone ever seen!
volume 4: within the lie, once told
if you happen to be a woman in this brutal age of witchhunters, your life can be a short and an unpleasant one. worse, if you are suspected of witchcraft, your death can be slow and horrible preceded by torure and inerrogation. and, worst of all , it's very difficult to prove that you are not a with...
some of the king's many investigators take perverse pleasure in their work and are not above torturing and abusing innocent women for their own amusement. since they have the blessing of the crown, they are beyond reproach...and their methods do seem to be effective. still, it's obvious to some that these people...men an women... are a rather ignobel lot an shoul be stopped. who, however, could do that?
Kazumasa Muraki