This book of magical fantasy is the fourth book in the Alban saga and concerns the age-old themes of enmity and false friendship which in this tale is woven into the special context of the troubled Drusalan Empire. The author also wrote "The Horse Lord", "The Demon Lord" and "The Dragon Lord".
- ISBN10 0099589109
- ISBN13 9780099589105
- Publish Date 15 March 1990 (first published 13 July 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 March 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Legend paperbacks
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English