David Gemmell Legend Award nominee 2016.
The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and
chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King
Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his
back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread
demons of the Otherworld. They plan to bring Asroth and his host of the
Fallen into the world of flesh, but to do so they need the seven
treasures. Nathair has been deceived but now he knows the truth. He has
choices to make, choices that will determine the fate of the Banished
Lands.
Elsewhere the flame of resistance is growing -
Queen Edana finds allies in the swamps of Ardan. Maquin is loose in
Tenebral, hunted by Lykos and his corsairs. Here he will witness the
birth of a rebellion in Nathair's own realm.
Corban has
been swept along by the tide of war. He has suffered, lost loved ones,
sought only safety from the darkness. But he will run no more. He has
seen the face of evil and he has set his will to fight it. The question
is, how? With a disparate band gathered about him - his family, friends, giants, fanatical warriors, an angel and a talking crow he begins the
journey to Drassil, the fabled fortress hidden deep in the heart of Forn Forest. For in Drassil lies the spear of Skald, one of the seven
treasures, and here it is prophesied that the Bright Star will stand
against the Black Sun.
