The long-awaited beginning of the fourth story arc - Sword of the
Canon - in the epic fantasy series, the Wars of Light and Shadow.
Betrayed and double-crossed, Arithon s'Ffalenn is held captive by the
Order of the Koriathain. The desperate Fellowship Sorcerers have gambled
the weal of Athera and forced through the perilous bargain that spared
him, as the last Prince of Rathain, and their sole hope of unity. To
suspend the Prime Matriarch's decree of execution, Arithon lives only to
battle Marak's horde of free wraiths, unleashed one by one from the
shielding grip of the star wards.
But on the day the last wraith is redeemed, the inflexible terms sealed
by Dakar's oath of debt will be forfeit...
Against a backdrop in which the Religion of Light has undergone schism,
the fanatical True Sect's high priesthood stands consumed by its
thwarted ambition: to conquer Havish, the backbone of order that secures
the terms of Paravian survival. Now Lord Mayor of Etarra, Lysaer
s'Ilessid must fight the pull of the Mistwraith's curse, and battle for
sanity to uphold his just ethic. Another young defender will stand at
his side, newly sworn by the Sorcerer's auspices.
As Arithon's life once again becomes the fulcrum that shifts the game
board, Elaira's choice might save or break the unstable future; while at
large and answerable to no mortal law, Davien and the dragon that holds
his service throw in the wild card no one predicts...
