The siege of Arrandin is over, but the war with the East goes on. It falls to Erkal Dortrean to make peace between the Easterner chieftains and the Emperor of Lautun. The Council of Magi, now decimated by the war and beset with its own internal factions, can offer little support. Meanwhile a fragile peace treaty gains the invading Southers a toehold in the city-port of Ellanguan, and Erkal's wife Karlena must pit her wits against Southers and Lautun nobles alike to keep the Empress safe. Erkal's son Kellarn is torn between joining these conflicts and pursuing his own quest for a long-hidden artefact to protect all from the return of a far more deadly demonic adversary. As the immortal Fay are drawn into the affairs of humankind, deeper jealousies and treacheries are revealed and the danger to all the Dortrean family increases.
- ISBN10 0743415132
- ISBN13 9780743415132
- Publish Date 2 October 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 July 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Imprint Earthlight
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 496
- Language English