An all-powerful ruler's son vies for control over the human race in
this brilliant conclusion to the Patternist saga, from the
critically acclaimed author of Parable of the Sower.
In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving
for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the
telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at his
whim. The only threat to his power are the Clayarks, mutant humans
created by an alien pandemic, who now live either enslaved by the
Patternists or in the wild.
Coransee, son of the ruling Patternmaster, wants the throne and will
stop at nothing to get it, even if it means venturing into the wild
mutant-infested hills to destroy a young apprentice -- his equal and his
brother.