One warlock has been slain, but the conspiracy of wizards he served is just getting started... As Adelko embarks on his training for journeyman at the Argolian Order's headquarters in Rima, Horskram and his superiors try to work out who is bent on reuniting the Headstone and plunging the Known World into war. Their revelations will take them back on the road again, this time to the exotic Pilgrim Kingdoms, where Urovian crusader lords live in uneasy peace with the native Sassanians. But as Adelko and Horskram are destined to find out, the murky politics of the Blessed Realm have become tainted by the sorcerous plot they are struggling to unravel... With them go Anupe, Hettie and Adhelina - as the latter discovers latent powers that might be able to help the monks - while the knights Braxus, Torgun and Wrackwulf head north to fight in Thraxia en route to the mysterious Westerling Isles to warn the keepers of the third fragment. With them as ever goes the redoubtable squire Vaskrian, whose reckless ambition will have unforeseen consequences. And on the Other Side, the Seven Princes urge on their dark prophet... Damien Black is an amazing author and this series is remarkable.' - Verified Amazon Customer 'An awesome book, in an awesome series. Can't wait for the next one.' - Verified Amazon Customer 'I'm a huge fan of big fantasy writing and I have a sense that Damien Black is one to look out for. The world he has created is breath-taking.' - Verified Amazon Customer 'A brilliantly constructed world complete with fantastic legends and mythology. Great characters and epic in scale, with plenty of action to really put this up with the very best of the fantasy stories I've read.' - Amazon Customer