Sebastian (Bishop novel)

Sebastian

Cover of Sebastian by Anne Bishop
Author Anne Bishop
Cover artist Larry Rostant
Country United States
Language English
Series The Landscapes of Ephemera
Genre Fantasy novel
Publisher Roc (US)
Publication date
7 February 2006
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback), Kindle, Audiobook, E-book
Pages 448 pp (US Hardback), 464 pp (US Paperback)
ISBN 0-451-46073-1 (US Hardback), ISBN 0-451-46096-0 (US Paperback)
OCLC 60881763
813/.6 22
LC Class PS3552.I7594 S43 2006
Followed by Belladonna

Sebastian (2006) is the first novel of the Landscapes of Ephemera duology written by Anne Bishop and introduces the world Ephemera.

Plot introduction

The incubus Sebastian is the bastard child of a succubus and the wizard Koltak. Being an incubus has not made his life easy. Forced to flee every city or town he settled in, he has never known a home. Until one day, his cousin, 15-year-old Glorianna Belladonna, creates a landscape where demons can live, called the 'Den of Iniquity'. It is a 'carnal carnival' filled with gambling, drinking, prostitution and demons. Shocked by her actions and her ability to create a landscape, the wizards and Landscapers question her. She simply responds, "Even demons need a home." The wizards attempt to lock her into her own garden, but fail. She is then declared rogue.

Meanwhile, Sebastian, living in the Den of Iniquity and ignorant of the sacrifices his cousin has made for him, begins to tire of the life he lives, finding simply having sex with women no longer interesting. When he first stumbled into the Den when he was a 15-year-old boy, he and his first and foremost friend Teaser, another incubus, prowled around the Den, using their abilities to entertain themselves. This life no longer holds any appeal. He yearns for love - and it appears in the form of Lynnea. She is a catalyst whose "heart wish" (a strong wish deeply embedded within her) delivered her to the Den. Her arrival brings about 'opportunity and change'.

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