The Darkwar that ravaged Midkemia is a decade ended. But blessed peace is always fleeting on this oft-contested battleground – this world of magic and wonder greedily coveted throughout its bloody history by forces powerful and sinister. But all that has been – the death, the devastation, the madness – pales before the terror to come when the Dread Legion of the Demon King rides.
Rides a Dread Legion
Book One of the Demonwar Saga
The last remnants of an ancient advanced race, the Clan of the Seven
Stars, are returning at long last to their lost homeworld, Midkemia – not
as friends, but as would-be conquerors. Led by the conjurer Laromendis,
they are fleeing the relentless demon hordes that are sweeping through
their galaxy and destroying the elves' vast empire planet by planet.
Only by escaping to Midkemia and brutally overtaking the war-weary world can the last remnants of a mighty civilization hope to survive... if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift.
The magician Pug, Midkemia's brave and constant defender, is all too
familiar with the Demon King Maarg and his minions and their foul
capacity for savagery and horror, and he recognizes the even graver
threat that is following on the heels of the elven invasion. The
onslaught to come will dwarf every dire catastrophe his imperiled world
has previously withstood, and there is no magical champion in all of
Midkemia powerful enough to prevent it.
Only one path remains for Pug
and Midkemia's clandestine protectors, the Conclave of Shadows: forging
an alliance of formidable magical talents, from the demon-dealing
warlock Amirantha, brother of Pug's hated foe, and the demon-taming
cleric Sandreena, to the elven Queen Miranda, to the warrior Tomas.
However, uniting enemies and bitter, vengeful former lovers will be no
easy task, and even together they may ultimately be unable to turn the
death tide. But a failure to do so will most certainly ensure Midkemia's doom.
