From Julian May, author of "The Many-Colored Land" and one of the world's most original and imaginative fantasy writers, comes an all-new saga of a land beyond the horizon, where the quest for power is eternal, where magic and mystery are feared above all, and one man sought to reign...
Prince Conrig of Cathra-who waits patiently as his father the king wastes slowly away-has hatched a plan in league with his lover, the seductive sorceress Princess Ullanoth of Moss. And if their secret alliance succeeds in its goal, the warring kingdoms of High Blenholm will be united once and for all-under the iron hand of one supreme rule...