Volume III in the heroic saga of magic, betrayal and adventure, The
Darksword Trilogy.
In the realm where magic is life, Joram was one of the Dead. Born
without power, he was denies his royal birthright and sentenced to the
Turning--his mind to be imprisoned inside a husk of living stone.
Yet at the last moment, Saryon took his place, suffering the eternal
torment for his young master, And joram and his wife Gwendolyn vanished
into the mists that marked the Border of the World. . . .
Now, ten years later, Joram and Gwendolyn have returned to reclaim their
rightful place in Merilon. Wielding one last time the terrible,
magic-thirsting Darksword, Joram must confront the evil sorcerer Menju
and his army of Technologists from beyond the Border in a final
apocalyptic battle.
Rejoined by Saryon, the mage Mosiah and Simkin, Joram will fulfill the
ancient prophecy of the Darksword--the prophecy that puts in his hands
the power to destroy the world . . . or save it.