In the near-Renaissance world parallel to our own, 'All the Seas of the World' by Guy Gavriel Kay invites readers on a visceral journey of vengeance, power, and love. On a shadowy coastline, a clandestine landing orchestrates an assassination that could shift the world's balance of power. The tumultuous saga interweaves the lives of a woman seeking revenge after years of corsair captivity and a merchant haunted by his childhood exile. Their enigmatic paths converge, driven by the echoes of their pasts, in a tale that contemplates the influence of fate and memory on human existence.