Anna Marshal wishes she could be anywhere else other than Ames, Iowa, and anything else other than a singer and music instructor. But she makes her wish at exactly the wrong time, because on Erde a travel sorceress has summoned a sorceress from the mist worlds--and gets Anna, angry, confused and thinking that this is not what she had in mind.

The Soprano Sorceress, the first novel in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle about a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University who gets far more than she expected when she is magically transported to the world of Erde.

On Erde, Anna Marshall is no longer just a professional singer. In this world, song is magic, making Anna a sorceress, potentially the strongest in Erde. Here, a wrong note can mean death to a sorcerer, but Anna's lifetime of training means she can sing more powerfully and precisely than anyone else.

Her power does not go unnoticed and makes her a target. To survive, Anna must learn enough song-magic and understand this new world.

The Spellsong Cycle
The Soprano Sorceress
The Spellsong War
Darksong Rising
The Shadow Sorceress
Shadowsinger

Other series by this author:
The Imager Portfolio
The Saga of Recluce
The Corean Chronicles
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter