Garric--or Reise--was born the son of an innkeeper in Barca's Hamlet on
the Isle of Haft, but through valor and determination became first a
prince and then the Regent and successor to the feeble Valence III, King
of the Isles.
But the Kingdom is weak, its rule barely extending past the island of
Ornifal. The Isles need a strong king to bring unity, because danger is
coming. Magic is stronger now than at any time since the fall of the Old
Kingdom in a cataclysm of uncontrolled magic. Evil is growing in the
spaces beyond the world, waiting to complete the destruction begun a
millennium before.
Only if the Isles are united into a strong New Kingdom can humanity
survive. Garric has sworn to become a true Lord of the Isles. Standing
with him are his sister, Sharina; his friend and Sharina's lover, the
shepherd Cashel; and Cashel's sister, the weaver-witch Ilsa. They have
been to Hell and back together in their quest...to save humanity.