In the east, the great fortress of Ormann Dyke is about to be overthrown by the heathen Merduks, while in the west, Hebrion's king lies in a coma, his capital in smouldering ruins. To all this returns the explorer Richard Hawkwood, but there is something terrible lurking in his ship's hold.
- ISBN10 0575063130
- ISBN13 9780575063136
- Publish Date 7 January 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 December 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English