Brennan, Hart and Corin were the three Cheysuli sons of Niall, ruler of Homana, and the next link in the generations-old prophecy of the Firstborn. Now the time had come for all three to take the paths for which they were fated: <BR> Brennan, heir to the throne of Homana, would face the menance of unknown assassins and trecherous Ihlini magic. <BR> Hart, Brennan's younger twin, must journey to Solinde, the kingdom which would one day be his to rule--a land that longed to see the Cheysuli prince overthrown. <BR> And Corin, the youngest prince, must battle sorcery and madness in the court of distant Atvia. <BR> Three princes, three destinies--and if even one should fail to fulfill the patterns of prophecy, Homanan and Cheysuli alike would pay a deadly price...