From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Belegariad and
Mallorean series comes the first novel in a series imbued with magic and
adventure.
Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returned to Elenia after
ten years of exile, only to find his young Queen Ehlana trapped in a
block of ensorcelled crystal. Only the great sorcery of Sephrenia,
ageless instructor of magic, kept her alive--but the spell would last
only a year, and its cost was tragically high.
Now a Prince Regent ruled Elenia, the puppet of Annias, ambitious
Primate of the Church who planned to seize power over all the land.
As Sparhawk and Sephrenia set out to find a cure for Ehlana, Sephrenia
revealed that there was only one person in the west who could defeat the
evil plots against Ehlana. That person was Sparhawk.