The Lady of The Sorrows, the second of the Bitterbynde trilogy, Irmhein, now no longer mute or deformed, but still without memory, must disguise herself as another, and becomes Rohain Tarrenys, from the Sorrow Islands, where few outsiders venture. She heads off to the royal palace, to request an audience with the King-Emperor, to tell him of the sildron mine in the waterstair, and the treasure found, for all sildron and any sildron mine is the property of the King-Emperor.
The King-Emperor is away for an unknown amount of time, so Rohain must learn to live in the courts as a lady, learning proper table manners, how to speak like a lady and treat the servants, with her new maid Viviana, and not be cast Out.
Later, another lady finds out that Rohain is not Rohain, nor from the Sorrow Islands, and is told she must leave, or her secret will be spread to all other royalty in the castle.
Rohain leaves, and heads back to where she started, in Isse Tower, but no longer as a servant to the Tower, but a lady visitor, so she can go to the Hunting Towers, an accursed place nearby where she was first found, full of unseelie wights. There, she hopes to find something of her past, recognition, a memory, something left, anything...
An excellent fantasy sequel, I recommend this to all fantasy lovers, and anyone who enjoyed The Ill-Made Mute, The first in this series.
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