"Elys and Elyn, born in the same hour, were of the blood of Estcarp though they lived as strangers in the High Hallack among the Dalesmen. Their mother, Mistress of the Powers, had bound their fate together with her necromancy." DAW Books honored Norton by selecting this novel as the first publication of their line, DAW No. 1, with cover and frontispiece by long-time Witch World cover artist (and DAW regular) Jack Gaughan. (There seem to be two versions of the first edition, with different ISBNs.)