Garion must find his son before the world is claimed for the Dark God.

Eleven years after being crowned King of Riva, Garion again finds himself a pawn caught between two ancient prophecies with the fate of the world resting upon him.

Ancient, opposing forces continue the battle for control of all men in their quest across a strange continent and among stranger peoples struggling over the religion of a dead God.

Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil, intrigue and his young queen grievously ill. Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within the year.