Desperate to discover the origins of the giant knight sky raiders, Mu suffers another loss when the fortress town of Lon Leeton falls. Now the invaders have a bridgehead in the Empire and threaten the realm of Verderan.

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Returning from Krakenlore with two wings of War Dragon, Warlord Draghi prepares Mu's defences.

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In the outlands, the Druids and Elves rekindle an ancient fellowship to prepare for the gathering storm while the Essenee princes, Daarés and Henry, become deeper involved with their elven paramours. As a surprise gesture of goodwill, the Woodelven bequeath to humanity a cornucopia of mysterious One Forrest seedlings.

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Can the dragon's sudden reengagement with Mu after a three-hundred-year absence be trusted? And why are they wary of the Elves and Druids? Will the Moontar route out Cheadle Conti before she divulges House Malikea's Moontar lineage? And what gifts will the seedlings bestow on humanity?

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The plots deepen as more mysteries are uncovered in this fast-paced epic fantasy saga. 

On the eve of the Empress's coronation, Seneah, Markeesha's Druid stepmother, hinted that the Druids and the Severns had a history. What Seneah kept from Markeesha was an extraordinary inheritance that others would go to great lengths to uncover.

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Unknown to the victors of Lon Leeton, the attack by Gravelexor, the giant firebreather, marked the re-ignition of hostilities between the First Ones. When Warlord Draghi travels north to secure Na Jehlum and Delseer's aid to enlist the firebreathers, all plans go awry when the serpents strike.

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Caught in deeper and darker elvan mysteries, the Essenee Princes start to question the romantic motivations of their Dark Elf and the Woodelven paramours. Justan sails to Caladera to consolidate palace ties and win an Ilanthean princess's heart. Meanwhile, on the opposite shores in Lands End, Adel-son, the human and serpent slithman, unleashes a frightening armada of serpent spawn.

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Does Cheadle Conti betray her kind by revealing House Malikae's Moontar lineage and cast the Empire into war? What dreadful fate do the serpents plan for Krakenlore? And, what is the sensational truth behind the Severns' legacy?

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(Cover illustration by Mojtaba Naderloo).

In this exciting installment we explore the mysterious Dark Elf world of the Dakaal Forest, Nosirran's Blue Stones quest takes him to the world of the sky elves. And, after much anticipation, the Fifth Imperial Brigade engages  the Moontar army in battle and the Ilanthean High Seas Fleet intercepts the Slithman armada off the coast Zukerland.