The Great Conjunction is at hand in this dramatic second volume of
Archaia and The Jim Henson Company's trilogy of prequel graphic novels
that tell the origin of The Dark Crystal. Aughra, the beloved guardian
of Thra, has gone into hiding, while her son, Raunip, leads a team of
emissaries to the Crystal Castle. There they will bear witness as the
visiting Urskeks attempt to use the Conjunction to power their voyage
home. But pain and mistrust fostered by the group leads to events that
will corrupt the world to its very core and transform the Urskeks into
two distinct races: the gentle urRu and the terrifying Skeksis. Brian
Froud, legendary fantasy artist and conceptual designer of Jim Henson's
The Dark Crystal film, returns to oversee this crucial chapter that
reveals the tragic events that caused the Bright Crystal to darken and
shatter.