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A new adventure of brotherhood and magic from beloved fantasist Dave Duncan. In the Kingdom of Jorgary, the days of feudal chivalry are fading as national armies are formed. But Ottokar Magnus is still baron, and his host of brothers include Anton, an ambitious young soldier, and Wulfgang, an amiable teenager. Unable to seek his fortune as a knight errant, Anton has enlisted with the royal Jorgarian hussars and taken Wulf along as his servant.

Alya's hunches were never wrong. So the scientists of 4-I were happy to promise her a place in the next offworld colonization team if she agreed to assess the potential of the latest worlds they had discovered. Then she met Cedric, the grandson of 4-I's brilliant and tyrannical director, and for the first time ever she began to doubt her uncanny intuition. Cedric dreamed of becoming a scout and exploring other worlds. When he met the lovely Alya he was more determined than ever to leave Earth - with her.

Sald Harl would like nothing more than to soar on the wings of his noble eagle, but his youthful rides in the sky are cut short by an appointment to guard the prince. Sald watches his dreams of flight fade with his name and independence as he takes over his bodyguard duties. During a perilous journey to the edges of the kingdom a dark secret comes to life. Now the great Prince Shadow is accused of treason, and Sald must orchestrate a desperate plan of escape or he will lose the thing he has been ordered to defend.

Die hohen Priester des Ordens vom Licht, genannt die Hierarchie, beherrschen das magische Königreich von Albi. Die Hierarchie ist gleichzeitig die vorherrschende Religion von Albi.Verstreut im ganzen Land leben jedoch auch noch Anbeter der alten "Religion der Mutter Erde", die als Ketzer verfolgt werden. Als der junge Student Rollo Woodbridge nach Albi heimkehrt, wird er wegen Ketzerei und Verrat inhaftiert. Dies setzt eine Kette von Ereignissen in Gang, die das Land in völliges Chaos stürzen.